{"id":300355,"date":"2018-07-14T05:26:24","date_gmt":"2018-07-14T05:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=300355"},"modified":"2018-07-14T05:26:24","modified_gmt":"2018-07-14T05:26:24","slug":"nawaz-sharif-daughter-maryam-shifted-to-jail-in-rawalpindi-provided-b-class-facilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/nawaz-sharif-daughter-maryam-shifted-to-jail-in-rawalpindi-provided-b-class-facilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Nawaz Sharif, daughter Maryam shifted to Jail in Rawalpindi, Provided &#8216;B&#8217; class facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-300356 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/sharifs-arrested-294x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/07\/sharifs-arrested-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/07\/sharifs-arrested-356x364.jpg 356w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/07\/sharifs-arrested-412x420.jpg 412w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/07\/sharifs-arrested.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/>Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, who was arrested within minutes after he touched down in Lahore on Friday evening has been shifted to Adiala jail in Rawalpindi, while his daughter Maryam Nawaz Sharif, who was arrested along with him, was sent to Seihala Rest House, which is declared as a makeshift jail. Both the VIP convicts were\u00a0provided &#8220;B&#8221; class facilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Nawaz Sharif and Maryam, who are guilty for corruption, were arrested ahead of the country\u2019s general election on July 25,\u00a0\u201cVery small price to pay\u201d to save the sanctity of the vote in Pakistan, said Sharif.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">According to an airport official, the father-daughter duo surrendered before a team of the country\u2019s anti-graft body\u00a0\u2014 The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) \u2014 without any resistance. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Sharif and Maryam were allowed to meet Begum Shamim Akhtar, Sharif\u2019s mother, at the airport before boarding a special flight to the capital Islamabad to serve their sentence at Adiala jail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe country is at a critical juncture right now. I have done what I could. I am aware that I have been sentenced to 10 years (in prison) and I will be taken to a jail cell straight away. But I want Pakistani nationals to know that I am doing this for you,\u201d he said in the video released by Maryam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The two were convicted on July 6 by a Pakistani accountability court for corrupt practices linked to his family&#8217;s purchase of four London flats and two more corruption cases related to Panama Paper scandal. Both Sharif, 68, and Maryam, 44, have been sentenced to Ten and seven years in jail.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, who was arrested within minutes after he touched down in Lahore on Friday evening has been shifted to Adiala jail in Rawalpindi, while his daughter Maryam Nawaz Sharif, who was arrested along with him, was sent to Seihala Rest House, which is declared as a makeshift jail. 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