TIL Desk/World/London/ Pakistan former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam had an emotional farewell meeting with former finance minister Ishaq Dar in London before leaving for Pakistan on Thursday. The pictures of the farewell show emotional scenes, wherein Sharif’s friends and relatives can be seen weeping. Maryam’s kids can also be seen embracing her and kissing her forehead.
‘Told my kids to be brave in the face of oppression. But kids will still be kids. Goodbyes are hard, even for the grownups,’ tweeted Maryam. The father-daughter duo, who left from London on Thursday, will be arrested by a special National Accountability Bureau (NAB) team at Abu Dhabi Airport in United Arab Emirates (UAE) later on Friday.
NAB sources in Islamabad said that both the convicted would be kept at Adiala jail for a day before being transferred to the notorious Attock Fort prison. Flights that were to arrive at Islamabad airport on Friday morning have been diverted to Lahore airport. Sharif and Maryam will be taken to jail under heavy security.