Nawaz in high spirits, tweets Maryam after jail visit

 

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Maryam Nawaz tweeted on Thursday that she saw former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in high spirits in her recent visit to the Kothlakhpat Jail.

An accountability court on December 24 had sentenced Nawaz to seven years in prison in Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption reference while acquitting him in the Flagship Investment reference. He has arrested the from the courtroom shortly afterward.

Maryam expressed her gratitude to the people for their "prayers, unflinching support and good wishes."

Former Sindh governor Muhammad Zubair, Zahid Hamid, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Rana Tanveer Hussain, Saira Afzal Tarar, Khurram Dastagir, Qamar-ul-Zaman Khan, Mian Marghoob, Rohail Asghar and a few other party leaders met with the former premier today.