Maryam threatens hunger strike if Nawaz not allowed homemade food.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Nawaz on Monday warned of staging a hunger strike outside Kot Lakhpat prison if her father Nawaz Sharif is not allowed homemade food, a private TV channel reported.

"The fake government has placed a restriction on homemade food for Nawaz Sharif sahib. The staff taking the meals has been standing outside the prison for the last five hours," Maryam wrote on Twitter. She said the former prime minister has declined to have food provided to him by the jail authorities. "I would approach the court if they did not withdraw the restriction," she said. "If I did not get help even from the court, then I will sit outside Kot Lakhpat prison. I will even stage a hunger strike, if I had to," she warned.

Maryam said she does not trust the 'oppressors', expressing her fears that they can add anything to Nawaz's food. "My warning should not be considered an idle threat ... I will get through with it," she cautioned.

Nawaz Sharif is...