Sharif, Maryam Nawaz provided 'B' class facilities in Adiala jail 

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz were lodged in Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail after they arrived at Lahore airport from London, via Abu Dhabi, on Friday.

According to media reports, the father-daughter duo spent their first night in the high-security Adiala Jail as VIP convicts and were provided "B" class facilities.

Sharif, 68, and Maryam, 44, were flown to Islamabad on a special aircraft and then were taken to the Adiala Jail in separate armoured personnel carriers escorted by police convoys.

Sharif and Maryam Nawaz are expected to be lodged at the Adiala jail where they have been provided 'B' class facilities, Geo News reported. 

A team of doctors, in the presence of Islamabad magistrate and senior police officials at Adiala jail, conducted the medical examination of Sharif and his daughter Maryam and declared them fit.

The accountability court would conduct the trial of remaining two corruption cases, which include Flagship Investments and Al Azizia Steel Mills, against Sharif and others at the Adiala jail.

Accountability Court-Islamabad Judge Muhammad Bashir will conduct the trial against the Sharifs in the jail, the report said. Bashir issued warrants for the imprisonment of Sharif and Nawaz last night.

As per the rules class 'B' consists of prisoners who by social status, education or habit of life have been accustomed to a superior mode of living.

Prisoners categorised in A or B class are educated and give lessons to the uneducated prisoners perhaps in Class C. They are exempted from hard labour and can be engaged in useful work which is defined as rigorous punishment in their case.

The room of class A and B prisoners are usually equipped with: one cot, one chair, one teapot, one lantern if there is no electric light, a shelf, and necessary washing and sanitary appliances.

The expenses of facilities to prisoners under A or B class such as TV, air-conditioner, fridge, and newspapers are usually paid by prisoners with the permission of jail department, the report added. 

After a series of deferments, the Accountability Court in Pakistan gave out its verdict in the Avenfield case last Friday. The matter had been deferred three times previously. 

Maryam's husband, Safdar has been sentenced to a year. Sharif will also have to pay £8 million as fine, Maryam £2 million, Pakistan media reports.   

Ex-PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif and his family were on trial in three corruption cases filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).

The Sharifs had been charged for corruption in relation to Avenfield properties, Gulf Steel Mills and Al-Azizia Steel Mills. Sharif will be in jail for 10 years while his daughter Maryam Nawaz will be imprisoned for 7 years. 

The trial first commenced in September 2017. While Nawaz and his sons, Hussain and Hasan, were accused in all three references, Maryam Nawaz and her husband Safdar were accused in the Avenfield case.

(With inputs from agencies)