Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Sharmila Farooqi on Thursday sent Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Nawaz a message wishing former premier Nawaz Sharif “good health and long life” while recalling her own father’s ordeal during his incarceration by the PML-N leader’s father.
Taking to Twitter, she lamented that her father Usman Farooqi, the former chairman of the Pakistan Steel Mills, was denied medical treatment by the PML-N government.
She said that her father was sent back to jail after three days of having open heart surgery. “I used to cry for his life and health…Never got any respite from Nawaz Sharif but I still wish him good health and long life…I feel for Maryam Nawaz too,” the PPP leader said.
My father was denied med treatment in jail. He hs his open heart surgery in custody, was taken back to jail 3 days after the surgery. I used to cry for his life & health.. Never got any respite from mns. I still wish him good health & long life.. I feel for @MaryamNSharif https://t.co/0IBEJdpmVL
— Sharmila faruqi (@sharmilafaruqi) October 24, 2019
The PPP leader’s tweet comes a day after news of Nawaz’s deteriorating health hit the media. The former premier was temporarily shifted to hospital from the Kot Lakhpat Jail on Wednesday.