Nawaz, Maryam, Safdar being shifted to Adiala Jail as parole end nears
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz is accompanying them to the jail.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Convicted premier Nawaz Sharif, her daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Capt (retd.) Safdar are being shifted back to Adiala Jail as the five-day parole granted by the Punjab government is going to end on Monday.
A special plane carrying the trio is headed towards Rawalpindi. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif is also accompanying them to the jail.
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Before leaving for airport, the ex-premier met his mother and said good bye to her
According to Punjab Home Ministry, no plea seeking parole extension has been received from Nawaz, Maryam and Safdar.
The Sharifs were sent to Adiala jail two months ago in the Avenfield apartments reference. However; they were released on parole on September 11 following the death of Begum Kulsoom Nawaz.
Jati Umra was declared a sub-jail, with the trio confined to three rooms within the residence.
Funeral prayers
The former first lady was laid to rest on Friday in Jati Umra, next to the resting place of her father-in-law Mian Sharif and brother-in-law Abbas Sharif.
Her funeral prayers, led by religious scholar Maulana Tariq Jamil, were offered at Sharif Medical City, Raiwind.
The PML-N supremo, his son-in-law Captain (r) Safdar along with party leaders and thousands of supporters attended the funeral. Delegations from other political parties including PTI, PPP, MQM-P and PSP were also in attendance.
Another funeral, led by Imam Imram Sheikh Khalifa Ezzat, was held in London’s Regent Park mosque on Thursday. Family members and prominent political figures including Hussain Nawaz, Hassan Nawaz, former Punjab CM Shehbaz Sharif, former finance minister Ishaq Dar and Ch Nisar had attended the last rituals of former first lady.
Her Rasm-e-Qul were offered on Sunday at Jati Umra.
Prolonged battle against cancer
Kulsoom died at the age of 68, after losing to a long battle with cancer at London’s Harley Street Clinic On September 11.
Kulsoom was born in 1950 in Lahore to a Kashmiri family. She attended Islamia College and graduated from Forman Christian College in Lahore. She also received a Master’s degree in Urdu from the University of the Punjab in 1970.
She married Nawaz Sharif in 1971, and served as the president of the PML-N from 1999 to 2002. Kulsoom had remained the first lady of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms from 1990-1993, 1997-1999 and 2013-2017.
After the disqualification of Sharif from Supreme Court last year, Kulsoom Nawaz was given party ticket to contest by-election from NA-120 while she was under treatment in London. Kulsoom was elected to Lahore’s NA-120 constituency in a by-poll against Dr Yasmin Rashid of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) among other candidates. However; she was unable to return due to her illness.
Her election campaign was run by her daughter, Maryam Nawaz.
Kulsoom was diagnosed with lymphoma last year, barely a month after Nawaz was removed from office by the Supreme Court, which ordered him to face trial in an anti-corruption court. PML-N leaders and family members have been arriving at their residence to extend condolences.
