Maryam Nawaz Announces To Stand Outside Kot Lakhpat Jail In Protest

As the matter regarding former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's medical treatment lingers on, Maryam Nawaz has Friday announced that she will stand outside Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail in protest

LAHORE (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / NNI - 22nd March, 2019) As the matter regarding former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's medical treatment lingers on, Maryam Nawaz has Friday announced that she will stand outside Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail in protest.In a message on Twitter, Maryam Nawaz said: "Nawaz Sharif had pain in the flanks.

His kidney disease is at stage 3 and the doctor suspects the pain to be of renal origin. His urea and creatinine levels must be checked but the doctor who was sent to examine him was made to wait two hours outside jail.

He was not allowed in and sent back."Maryam stated that if Nawaz Sharif's renal functions are not checked for any further deterioration and if she and his doctor are not allowed access to him, she will go and stand outside the jail tomorrow (Saturday) till the access is granted.The PML-N leader also shared copy of written request sent to the Home Department on the 21st of March.Meanwhile, in a new request sent to the Additional Chief Secretary (Home) today, MPA Malik Nadeem Kamran, the senior Vice President f PML-N Punjab, stated that denying access to Nawaz Sharif's personal physican nd his daughter is denial of his fundamental rights.

He requested that Dr Adnan and Maryam Nawaz Sharif should be granted immediate acccess to Mian Nawaz Sharif on health grounds.The letter asked to give permission to Maryam Nawaz and Dr Adnan to meet him, saying that it was essential for them to meet Nawaz Sharif because of his poor health condition.

It said some medical tests of the patient were immediately required."Nawaz Sharif has complaint of cardio pain on daily basis," it said adding that barring the doctor from meeting him would amount to denying basic rights to him.On March 20, Information Minister Punjab, Samsam Bukhari, had said the government never stopped family of Nawaz Sharif from meeting him in jail.Bukhari had said the manual of jail was strictly being implemented.

He had said Nawaz Sharif was trying to pressurise the government to move out of country. "In the last two weeks, Sharif met his numerous friends and as well as the family members," the minister had said. He, however, had added that the permission to go abroad could only be given by the court. NNI