Former first daughter Maryam Nawaz’s first message appeared on social media on Saturday, for the first time since she was taken to Adiala prison.
The message was issued from Maryam’s official Twitter handle, which read a couplet from progressive Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz.
The message was posted using the hashtag #VoteKoIzzatDo (respect the vote), the slogan former premier Nawaz Sharif based his election campaign on, before he was arrested a week ago.
The former premier and his daughter, who were convicted in the Avenfield properties reference, were arrested upon their arrival in Lahore on July 13 and subsequently taken to the Central Jail in Adiala, Rawalpindi. They have since been there.
Nawaz was sentenced to a total of 11 years in prison and slapped a £8 million fine (Rs1.3 billion) while Maryam was sentenced to eight years with a £2 million fine (Rs335 million). Moreover, Maryam’s husband, Capt (retd) Safdar, was sentenced to one year in prison
