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As the five-day parole granted to them by the Punjab government ended on Monday, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law were taken back to Rawalpindi's Adiala jail to resume their sentences in the Avenfield apartments reference.
A convoy of cars carrying the trio left Jati Umra — the Sharif family residence in Lahore — for the city's old airport, where they were boarded on a special plane for Islamabad, sources told DawnNewsTV. Upon landing in the capital, they were taken directly to the prison.
Sharif, Maryam and Safdar were released on parole last week after the death of three-time former first lady Begum Kulsoom Nawaz in London. The parole was to end today at 4pm.
Before leaving for the airport, the three visited the graves of Kulsoom, her father-in-law Mian Sharif and brother-in-law Abbas Sharif and offered fateha, DawnNewsTV reported.
Begum Kulsoom had undergone several surgeries and chemotherapy treatment at a private hospital in London after being diagnosed with lymphoma in August 2017. She suffered a heart attack in mid-June and was put on a life-support machine. In the first week of August, her condition improved and she was taken off from the ventilator. However, her condition deteriorated again on Sept 9 and she breathed her last on Sept 11.
Her sons Hassan Nawaz and Hussain Nawaz along with their uncle Shahbaz Sharif and other party leaders offered her funeral prayers in London before her body was shifted to Lahore. After her second funeral, which was attended by her husband, daughter and other relatives besides workers and leaders of various political parties, she was laid to rest near the graves of her father-in-law and brother-in-law at Jati Umra on Sept 14.
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Sep 17, 2018 03:02pm
back to where they should be
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Sep 17, 2018 03:03pm
Excellent.
The convicts should be grateful for the mercy shown.
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Sep 17, 2018 03:05pm
I would someone to put me jail like sharif , special plane always available for coming and out of jail
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Sep 17, 2018 03:06pm
Back to Adala jail after five days rest and various meetings! There should be no mercy or special treatment for convicted criminals, no matter who they are - law should be same for all.
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Sep 17, 2018 03:12pm
A five-day parole was very lenient. Most other criminals don't get even 12 hours on parole for someone's death.
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Sep 17, 2018 03:14pm
It is always sad to see anyone lose their loved ones. I feel sorry for the Sharifs' these days, there situation along with this tragic loss must be quite unbearable... vey sad.
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Sep 17, 2018 03:19pm
Nice to know that they will be back in Adiala.
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Sep 17, 2018 03:24pm
As I.Khan has always said before becoming P.M, that there can not be 2 different laws, one for the rich & the other one for poor. He fulfilled this promise and sent them back to jail instead of giving them more time till Chehlum.
Well done Prime Minister Imran Khan.
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Sep 17, 2018 03:25pm
great; back to where they belong
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Sep 17, 2018 03:30pm
Good for supremacy of law.
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Sep 17, 2018 03:36pm
This is really most commendable action to see that Nawaz along with Maryam and Safdar have left Jati Umra to be back in Adyala Jail but I really wondered how and why some from PML (N) tried to get extension up to Chehlum which was an absurd attempt in a sense that as per jail manual only 72 hours parole is permitted whereas but here they had enjoyed almost 6 days parole which is quite unprecedented in Pakistani jails and instead of thanking they wanted more extension means abusing the concession. Bulk majority of those who commented on the news said that no more extension and instead back to the jail from where they came. Iqbal Hadi Zaidi
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Sep 17, 2018 03:37pm
No parole should have been granted in the first place. VVIP culture must end.
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Sep 17, 2018 03:47pm
I have NO sympathies for corrupt politicians and disloyal people, who deprived poor people from their basic rights like: education, health care, justice, providing clean water and job opportunities for all. Such people are selfish, greedy and disgraceful.
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Sep 17, 2018 04:01pm
Good decision - now stay there for the remainder of your sentence
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Sep 17, 2018 04:36pm
Finally the rule of law seems to be prevailing in Pakistan . Politicians will now want to be politicians to help the country not to loot the country or get luxuries and benefits l such as ministerial homes and cars
The next step is to apply the same law for our so called religious personalities that exploit religion for themselves rather then teaching pace , harmony and love
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Sep 17, 2018 04:37pm
Great effort by IK.
Now put them back to where they belong!!!
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Sep 17, 2018 04:43pm
good! criminals should always be behind bars specially those who committed crimes that impacted the whole nation
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Sep 17, 2018 04:46pm
Good thing that NS didn't seek any extension in parole, otherwise there would have been deliberate noise of deal and him succumbing to pressures of unhospitable jail environment. He is proving stronger by each passing day.
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Sep 17, 2018 04:54pm
They even used Mercedes going back to Adiala. Why?
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Sep 17, 2018 04:58pm
Do others languishing in prison also get plane rides and protocol as a part of their parole?
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Sep 17, 2018 05:09pm
Good. Supremacy of law must prevail.
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Sep 17, 2018 05:12pm
@Harmony-1© Agreed and well done to new government. as of PML-N, what a way of showing the appreciation of this goodwill gesture by causing protest and disruption during the President's first speech. SHAME..
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Sep 17, 2018 05:14pm
Parole is one thing. But, we want to know who paid for the private plane to fly them back and forth.?
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Sep 17, 2018 05:14pm
Goodbye
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Sep 17, 2018 05:17pm
When ppl like Mian sb and Maryam bibi follow the rules and submit themselves for upholding the law, they should infact be adnired for that for strengthening the systems. We all know that how strong ppl succed in becoming above law and still state machinery fails to bring them to justice.
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Sep 17, 2018 05:20pm
This should have been 2 say parole.. convicts should be grateful.
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Sep 17, 2018 05:27pm
Who paid for the private hospital treatment?
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Sep 17, 2018 05:49pm
The family deserves a opportunity to grieve in peace. The mean streak demonstrated by the current occupants of power in Islamabad, behoves no one.
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Sep 17, 2018 07:02pm
Expect the Sharifs to apply for another parole for the chehlum. Yet, so much leniency is beyond the norm.
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Sep 17, 2018 07:15pm
The Law upheld.
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Sep 17, 2018 08:07pm
Parole should have been extended
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Sep 17, 2018 08:15pm
Back to comfortable surroundings
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Sep 17, 2018 09:31pm
@Sameer We all say that everybody is equal before law. This case of parole proved otherwise. Every prisoner does not get six day parole with a special flight.
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Sep 17, 2018 10:08pm
Nawaz sharif and family ... should have only been released on the day of janaza ... only at janaza time and then taken back to prison straight away
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Sep 17, 2018 10:46pm
@ZAIN KHAN
Its a law not mercy from some one for some one
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Sep 17, 2018 10:49pm
Imagine if PML-NS had won the elections, NS & family would have continued to operate as PM and justice would have been thrown to garbage.
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Sep 17, 2018 10:58pm
Jail is fine but this family is holding billions in wealth we need back now.
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Sep 17, 2018 11:00pm
what law can you PTI supporters guess where rao anwar is or what happened to the exact convicts I guess this is the NAYA PAKISTAN you have voted for
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Sep 17, 2018 11:37pm
No more sympathy. This time they stay there until end of term.
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Sep 17, 2018 11:40pm
Who is footing the costs of this joyride for these criminals if we might ask?
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Sep 17, 2018 11:46pm
@ZAIN KHAN No IK poorly failed here. The rich criminals looting mega bucks of the nation still have a different law, they get five days of parole, special motorcades, special planes and facility to hold big political meetings and strategise with other criminals whereas the ordinary petty thieves get 12 hours of parole, as per parole laws, and taken out handcuffed in police custody. IK and his government must answer to the people who trusted his words assuring equality under the law.
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Sep 18, 2018 01:55am
Good
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Sep 18, 2018 01:57am
@Orakzai - I wish someone would fulfill your wish.
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Sep 18, 2018 02:31am
They should be thankful, they got this, 99.99% of people don’t even have the source or means to apply and request this kinda treatment.
But I am glad no extension of 40 days was given as they wanted.
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Sep 18, 2018 03:16am
Feel sorry for shareef family as going through difficult time.
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Sep 18, 2018 04:27am
Why were they given a special plane it is not tax payers responsibility to pay for their personal funeral travel........we are far from the western standards.....
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Sep 18, 2018 04:50am
Lock 'em up, the corrupt family.
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Sep 18, 2018 07:30am
It's a lesson for those politicians who are free at
the moment, but soon will get same fate.
Better pay all looted money to mother land.
And leave politics forever.
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Sep 18, 2018 09:21am
Sharif always wanted to be treated equally when his trial erupted. He was strickly against daily hearing. He wanted his case to be hanged in courts for years. Now how can pmln demand exceptional treatment in the shape of parole extension. What a bigotry. Keep voting
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Sep 18, 2018 09:25am
Why ate they not in police pstrol pickup. Why mercedes. Locking them up doesnot bring money back. Untill you start tsking their assetts away nothing will change. They have eaten enough that their next few generations will live on it.
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Sep 18, 2018 03:41pm
NO Saudi NRO, the crooks should serve their jail term!
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Sep 18, 2018 04:27pm
@Amir - unless Shrief family was supporting you financially why do you feel sorry for him or for his family?
As a citizen of Pakistan, don’t you see the financial destruction that both NAwaz and zardari did?
Don’t you see our children without shoes; our elders without medical care while these incompetent go to England for minor ailments?
We need to understand and remember one thing that “ Anything that goes up has to Come Down one day”.
And same goes for PTI too.
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Sep 18, 2018 07:22pm
The coverage should be limited to facts not fictions and personal touches to the peoples emotional pitches. Are other criminals in jail getting the same VVIP treatments? Law and its disposition and coverage of events must have same standards.
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Sep 18, 2018 10:18pm
Nawaz Sharif is a criminal .... No emotional personal drama for the general public.
After being Prime Minister for three, Has he considered how an average Pakistani and his/her parents are leaving. What type of food, water, medical treatment, and security they are receiving....
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Sep 18, 2018 10:23pm
Good. Now take away the VIP privileges.
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Sep 18, 2018 11:50pm
@ADIL MUSTAFA Are you in there to greet them?
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Sep 18, 2018 11:51pm
@Qaiser Ahmed We also want to know the daily cost of the helicopter used by the present prime minister where he can go walking.
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Sep 18, 2018 11:52pm
@Uza Syed You mean Imran Khan and his helicopter?
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