ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Interior on Wednesday gave the go-ahead to the shifting of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz from Lahore airport to Adiala jail after their arrest upon arrival from London, ARY News reported. 

This approval came during a high-level meeting chaired by interior secretary Yousuf Naseem in the federal capital.

The Punjab chief secretary, the provincial police chief, NAB deputy chairman and Lahore director general, FIA director general and Islamabad commissioner attended the meeting.

Sources said the meeting approved a plan to move the former premier and his daughter from the airport to Adiala jail via helicopter.

It decided that the anti-graft watchdog will be provided a helicopter to transport them from Lahore airport where they will land on July 13 to Adiala Jail.

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The Punjab government will have the responsibility of ensuring proper security arrangements at and around the airport. Whereas, immigration officials at the airport will take the ex-PM and his daughter into custody and hand them over to NAB officials.

Keeping in view security situation, the authorities would decide whether to present them straight away in an accountability court or shift them to Adiala jail where legal requirements with regard to their arrest will be fulfilled.

On July 6, the accountability court sentenced former premier Nawaz Sharif to a total of 10 years in prison and directed him to pay a fine of £8 million after finding him guilty on different charges in the Avenfield properties case.

Judge Muhammad Bashir found Mr. Sharif guilty of accumulating assets beyond his known sources of income.

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He handed out seven-year imprisonment to the former premier’s daughter Maryam Nawaz and a fine of £2 million. She has been awarded an additional one year’s imprisonment on charges of using Calibri font to fabricate Avenfield properties trust deeds.

Whereas, her husband Captain retired Safdar has been awarded one year’s jail term.

Moreover, the judge ordered confiscation of the Sharif family’s London properties in question in the case.