Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice-President Maryam Nawaz was Thursday arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in connection with the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case from Kot Lakhpat prison where she was in a weekly meeting with her father and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
She was taken away in the presence of her father while her teenage daughter was also present there, said Dr Adnan, the personal physician of Nawaz Sharif, who was also present in the meeting.
The NAB had summoned Maryam on Thursday at 3pm in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills reference but she didn’t appear before the watchdog.
According to NAB, Yousaf Abbas, the nephew of Nawaz Sharif, has also been arrested in the same case and both will be presented before an accountability court in Lahore for remand.
Following the arrest, PML-N workers started protesting outside the Kot Lakhpat jail. They chanted slogans against the government and the NAB and tried to come in front of the vehicles carrying Maryam. The PML-N has reportedly directed party MPAs and MNAs from Lahore to reach the accountability court along with the workers where Maryam will be presented today.
Opposition Leader in Punjab Assembly Hamza Shehbaz and Opposition Leader in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif will also appear in the court today for hearing of their cases.
PML-N Information Secretary Maryam Aurangzeb said that Maryam Nawaz was summoned to appear before NAB at 3pm but she was arrested at 1pm, adding that the NAB team reached Kot Lakhpat jail even before the arrival of Maryam.
Meanwhile, as many as five resolutions were submitted in the Punjab Assembly condemning the arrest of Maryam Nawaz by the NAB. PML-N’s women lawmakers including Hina Pervaiz Butt, Azma Bukhari, Rabia Farooqi, Aunaiza Fatima and Sadia Taimoor submitted the resolutions in Punjab Assembly while terming the arrest a political victimisation by the government.
