Maryam Nawaz alleges being fed 'rat-contaminated' food by Imran Khan's govt in Lahore jail

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice President and daughter of former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz on Thursday accused Imran Khan-led PTI government of forcing her to consume "rat-contaminated food" when she was imprisoned in Punjab capital's Kot Lakhpat Jail.

'y will t have audacity'

According to Geo News, Maryam revealed this information in an informal conversation with journalists where she said that medication given to her was "t fit for use at all". "I was forced to take fungus-infected medicines in prison," she claimed. Earlier this month, PML-N vice president alleged that re were cameras installed inside her cell and her bathroom. Maryam Nawaz was arrested in Lahore in a money laundering case.

Maryam said earlier this month, "I have gone to jail twice and if I speak about how I, a woman, was treated in jail, y will t have audacity to show ir faces," she said, referring to government.  In her criticism of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, she h said that if authorities can break into a room and arrest her in front of her far Nawaz Sharif and launch personal attacks on her, n woman is safe in Pakistan.

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Imran's visor denies allegations

viser to Prime Minister on Accountability and Interior, Barrister Mirza Shahz Akbar denied PML-N vice president's claims of consuming 'rat contaminated food' while in prison. "This woman's food always came [prepared] from home," Akbar said and ded "So eir rat belonged to family or y are lying according to 'family trition'. By way, se rats seem to be quite 'Sharif' [incent] that y leave food behind," PM's viser said.

Meanwhile, Maryam Nawaz Sharif and her party are locked in a battle with Imran's PTI over so-called elections held by his government in Gilgit-Baltistan. She claimed that PTI won a few seats in elections through 'rigging', 'bullying', and with help of turncoats. Maryam, on her Twitter, wrote that Imran Khan's PTI failing to achieve an absolute majority in rrn region (illegally occupied) is a "shameful defeat" for incumbent government, News International reported. "This defeat is a telling sign of what future has in store."

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