‘M Hamza in solitary confinement’

Published November 12, 2007

TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 11: Former Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz MNA M Hamza’s son has alleged that his father is not being provided medicines and other facilities as he is a heart and diabetes patient.

Osama Hamza told reporters on Sunday that he had met his father at Dera Ghazi Khan jail where he had been lodged in solitary confinement.

He said his father told him that the jail authorities had put him in improper conditions and did not provide medicines to him.

RAIDS: Police raided the houses of PPP activists on Saturday night but no one was present at their houses. Kamalia police arrested Falak Sher, a PPP worker.

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