NAB disallows home-made food for Maryam

E-Paper | April 24, 2026

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday disallowed PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz to have home-made food.

A source told Dawn the NAB had withdrawn the facility of allowing home-made food to Ms Maryam on the order from the ‘top’. “From now on she will have food prepared at the NAB headquarters at Thokar Niaz Beg,” he said, adding she would be given meal in prison as per jail manual.

The PML-N has criticised Prime Minister Imran Khan for not allowing Maryam home-made food in the NAB custody. This week the government denied Hamza Shahbaz the facility of home-made food in Kot Lakhpat jail.

“By denying home-made food to Maryam and Hamza in prison, selected Prime Minister Imran Khan has again proved that he is a small man,” PML-N Information Secretary Marriyum Aurangzeb said.

Published in Dawn, September 14th, 2019

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Fastrack

Sep 14, 2019 09:22am

A great leader in the making. Not in a 1000 years.

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Gordon D. Walker

Sep 14, 2019 09:22am

Good for Khan. He is running prisons not the Hilton hotel chain... Gordon D. Walker Canada

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Fastrack

Sep 14, 2019 09:25am

What's with the unending demand for special treatment? Suppose tomorrow all 'genuinly' old or unwell prisoners move court for ACs, special food etc.

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Pakman

Sep 14, 2019 09:26am

Finally a leader standing on principles.

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amir

Sep 14, 2019 09:47am

Can someone please remind these criminals that, they are doing their time behind the bars for the crime they commited.

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Guzni

Sep 14, 2019 09:53am

Good decision, if sustained.

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Darshan suri USA

Sep 14, 2019 09:57am

If they want home made food they should not be in jail. They should be treated like other inmate. Ex home minister and finance minister of india never demanded any special privilege.

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Darshan suri USA

Sep 14, 2019 10:02am

@Fastrack, they have not accepted reality that they are in prison not government guest house.

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SHAHID SATTAR

Sep 14, 2019 10:10am

Shouldn't the same treatment irrespective of the status of the person involved be meted out to everyone under custody?

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Salman Khan

Sep 14, 2019 10:11am

The government should place them in the world cell available in the prison. Perhaps then will they realize that they are suspected criminals,not tourists at a resort.

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Nasim shah

Sep 14, 2019 10:28am

Such corrupted people should be treated in this way.

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Nauman

Sep 14, 2019 10:44am

@Amir and others: She is under NAB custody and not in the prison for any proven crime. Your hate should not delude you from differentiating between guilty and accused.

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Ifti Malik

Sep 14, 2019 10:46am

Why such a fuss about home made food for Maryam Nawaz-Safdar? Many prisoners get food from their homes. Is this just a petty way for NAB to assert itself and bully political opposition? Shame.

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Ifti Malik

Sep 14, 2019 10:48am

@Fastrack, actually for your information, many prisoners in jails get home cooked food . Not just political prisoners but also ordinary ones. So I don't see why NAB is making such a fuss about this.

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Tahir Raouf

Sep 14, 2019 10:54am

Going so low in morality, doing cheap things just to divert attention of public from failing economic polices and recently the issue of Kashmir

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Zahid

Sep 14, 2019 11:04am

Indeed. What a fascist mindset

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Expat (usa)

Sep 14, 2019 11:57am

She is in prison, treat her as a prisoner like thousands other.

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Fareed N

Sep 14, 2019 12:02pm

Why do Sharifs demand special privileges ? Forget Jati Umra, you are a prisoner

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Saif Zulfiqar

Sep 14, 2019 12:15pm

The Indian High Court also did not allow food from home forvthe ex-minister Chidambaram. Judge said same food for every prisoner.

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Anti-Corruption_Pakistani

Sep 14, 2019 12:23pm

Give all VIP prisioners the same food as is given to other prisioners. Why special treatments for corrupt politicians, who looted tax payers money? Why double standards? (Note: I'm the original 'Anti-Corruption_Pakistani' account holder for 3 years expressing my candid views on various topics. Be aware of fake ID's!).

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Irfan ul Huq

Sep 14, 2019 01:47pm

@Darshan suri USA , Prison does not mean mal treatment.it only means a person removed from the societie in a confined place. In Pakistan torture comes in many different forms.

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Irfan ul Huq

Sep 14, 2019 01:49pm

@Ifti Malik, It makes my king happy?!

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Irfan ul Huq

Sep 14, 2019 01:55pm

@Anti-Corruption_Pakistani, 1st change the jail manual.do it right way.

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Ahmad S

Sep 14, 2019 02:12pm

only in Pakistan; people who have been convicted of corruption, looting of national exchequer, harming the country, money laundering can demand 5 star facilities. is this for real. these people should be eating what the rest of the convicts eat.

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Ahmad

Sep 14, 2019 02:35pm

The true PMLn manifesto.

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Sajjad

Sep 14, 2019 03:29pm

All the facilities for the rich: ACs, TVs and home made food...

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Mian Shah hussain adv

Sep 14, 2019 03:44pm

Imran is great leader and will be remembered for years to come.

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Bazooki zolofi

Sep 14, 2019 05:08pm

Looks like their not getting the respect they gave the opposition

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Shib

Sep 14, 2019 06:26pm

@Ifti Malik, did you also got home cooked food...

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WayToGo

Sep 14, 2019 06:57pm

Do something productive!!!

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Ahsan Gul

Sep 14, 2019 07:22pm

Good decision by NAB. Our public trusted these so called leaders and what they GAVE in Return? Money laundering and looting of our resources. Pakistan is more poor today and under debt. All the loans Nawaz Sharif and zardari secured from other countries were used to by their personal properties in England and Daubie. Keep these thieves in jail, confiscate their properties and sell to recover looted wealth.

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Sameer

Sep 14, 2019 09:27pm

Very good development. Those found guilty must serve sentence.

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Sameer

Sep 14, 2019 09:29pm

@Ifti Malik, no they don't!

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Nursam

Sep 15, 2019 01:38am

Homemade food excuse again. Get used to real life people of jail, after all the corruption earned money made you artificial at home.