PML-N to hold solidarity rally as Nawaz Sharif heads back to jail

Former prime minister to leave for Kot Lakhpat prison after breaking first Ramazan fast at Jati Umra

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is set to gather a large number of workers and supporters to show solidarity with their leader Nawaz Sharif as he will return to Koth Lakhpat Jail in Lahore on Tuesday evening.

The party, through social media posts, announced on Monday that people’s affection and prayers would accompany the former prime minister to the prison.

Senator Asif Kirmani said that Nawaz is in high spirits despite deteriorating health, adding that the party stands united and strong under his leadership.

مسلم لیگی کارکن کل شام اپنے محبوب اور بے قصور قائد کے ساتھ بے مثال اظہار یکجہتی کریں گے

عوام کا پیار اور دعائیں کل نواز شریف کے ساتھ جیل جائیں گی

خرابی صحت کے باوجود نواز شریف کا عزم اور حوصلہ بلند ھے

نواز شریف کی قیادت میں مسلم لیگ ن مضبوط اور متحد ھے

سینیٹر آصف کرمانی

— PMLN (@pmln_org) May 6, 2019

According to the party’s announcement, workers and supporters are urged to gather at Shanghai Flyover near Ferozpur at 7pm tomorrow.

اسیر جمہوریت قائد عوام میاں محمد نوازشریف کے ساتھ اظہار یکجہتی کے لیے7مئی کو کوٹ لکھپت جیل چلو#May7WithNawazSharif pic.twitter.com/j3WZXKTHSH

— Zeeshan Malik (@ZeshanMalick) May 6, 2019

Meanwhile, the ousted prime minister's daughter Maryam Nawaz prayed for his health and long life in a Twitter message.

Maryam will lead the rally and accompany her father in his car tomorrow, PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb said in a statement.

رمضان کریم 🌙🕋
اللّہ اس بہت ہی مبارک اور رحمتوں والے مہینے میں ہماری کوششیں اور دُعایں قبول فرمائیے۔ پاکستان اور پاکستان کے عوام کی خیر فرمائئیے اور ہمارے قائد محمد نواز شریف کو لمبی زندگی، مکمل صحت اور عافیت عطا فرمائیے اور مشکلات و آزمائشوں کو اپنی رحمت میں بدل دیجیے۔ آمین 🤲🏼 pic.twitter.com/ZJdQj0U9Qk

— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) May 6, 2019

Besides the mass gathering, the party has also decided to set up camps at different places of the city to express solidarity with their leader. The former prime minister, before returning to the jail, is also scheduled to meet party leaders.



Nawaz, who was sentenced a 10-year jail term after being convicted for owning assets beyond income in the Avenfield reference, was released from the jail on March 27 after the Supreme Court had suspended his sentence in the Al-Azizia reference and granted him bail on medical grounds for six weeks.

Nawaz had undergone tests at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) after he reportedly fell sick under captivity in Adiala jail.

The ousted premier and his daughter Maryam were jailed on July 13 after an accountability court sentenced them to 10 and seven years, respectively, over properties in Britain which emerged in the wake of Panama Papers revelations.