INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Nawaz Sharif and his daughter were taken into custody after their arrival at Lahore airport
B Class prisoners in Pakistan get better facilities than regular inmates and can even get air-conditioners or television sets at their own
expense.Mr Sharif, 68, and Maryam, 44, were arrested yesterday after their conviction in a corruption case linked to four luxury flats in
London, shortly after their arrival at Lahore airport from London via Abu Dhabi
They were flown to Islamabad on a special aircraft and then were taken to the Adiala Jail in separate armoured personnel carriers escorted
to Pakistani media reports, prisoners who by social status, education or habit of life have been accustomed to a superior mode of living can
be considered for Class B treatment
Habitual prisoners can be included in this class by order of the government, The News reported.Usually A or B class prisoners are educated
and give lessons to the uneducated prisoners perhaps in Class C
They do not do hard labour and can be engaged in useful work which is defined as rigorous punishment in their case, reports said.The room of
class A and B prisoners are usually equipped with a 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.Both Mr Sharif and Maryam have been
