LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Health Yasmeen Rashid on Wednesday suggested Maryam Nawaz, daughter of former premier Nawaz Sharif, to pray for her father's health, instead of tweeting about it.

Speaking to media here, Rashid said the condition of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supremo was better and he had all medical facilities in prison.

He said the PML-N and Sharif family should not do politics and focus on the former prime minister's health.

"Nawaz Sharif does not like the atmosphere of the prison," the minister told reporters. "It is clear that he is under stress in jail."

The former prime minister has been imprisoned at Kot Lakhpat jail since December 2018 following his conviction in a corruption reference in line with the Supreme Court’s July 2017 verdict.

Rashid said if the former premier wanted to go abroad, then he should clearly speak it out.

"It is the authority of the court, not the government, to send Nawaz out of country," she said, adding that the former premier had had his angina tests conducted in the past as well.

Praying for the former premier's health, the minister said they were not enemies of Nawaz, but political opponents.

She, however, said if the PML-N wanted to lodge a case over this issue, it could go ahead.