I May Not Have Been In Politics But Have Faced Punishments Like House Arrest And 10-Year Exile: Maryam

LAHORE: PML-N vice-president Maryam Nawaz on Sunday said she may not have been in politics for 20 years but had faced punishments like house arrests and 10-year exile

Maryam said the day her father [Nawaz Sharif] was awarded life term twice and when the judge declared him a hijacker, she, at the court in Karachi, told the judge that an innocent man had been sentenced.

20 سال سے سیاست میں تو نہیں مگر سیاست میں نا ہوتے ہوئے بھی ہاؤس اریسٹ اور 7 سالہ جلا وطنی جیسی سزائیں بھگت چکی ہوں۔ جس دن والد کو ہائی جیلر قرار دے کر دو بار عمر قید کی سزا سنائی گئی اس دن بھی کراچی عدالت میں موجود تھی اور جج کو آواز دی تھی کہ بیگناہ کو سزا دی ہے اللّہ کا خوف کرو https://t.co/kn2V6soyJ7

— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) June 25, 2019

Maryam was responding to Warraich who in a tweet had shared his article which stated that the biggest shortcoming of Maryam’s politics was lack of continuity. Her narrative becomes tough and bold whenever her father is in trouble, is in prison or is facing a tough test, he argued.

In a series of tweets, Maryam reminded Warraich that she was right there beside her father when he said, while sending the body of her grandfather [Mian Sharif] from Jeddah, “May Allah with you. I [Nawaz] shall again meet you in the heavens.”

جس دن میرے والد جدہ میں میرے دادا کی میت کو رخصت کرنے سے پہلے ان کا آخری دیدار کر رہے تھے اور ان کو کہ رہے تھے کہ اللّہ کے حوالے، اب اللّہ کے پاس آپ سے پھر ملوں گا، میں تب بھی ان کے پیچھے کھڑی تھی۔ https://t.co/kn2V6soyJ7

— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) June 25, 2019

“You can say that I wasn’t in politics but I have passed through the quagmires of politics,” Maryam added.

آپ کہ سکتے ہیں کہ سیاست میں تو نہیں تھی مگر سیاست کےخارزاروں سے ضرور گزری ہوں۔ https://t.co/kn2V6soyJ7

— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) June 25, 2019