LAHORE: More than a hundred local leaders and workers of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) detained on Wednesday midnight from different areas of Lahore, while on the other hand, the party supremo Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz are scheduled on Friday to return back.
The detained PML-N members include several UC chairmen, vice chairmen, and councilors.
After the arrest of PML-N workers and leaders, a large number of PML-N workers protested outside the police station and key party leaders, Saad Rafique, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq and Pervaiz Malik, held an emergency press conference at 3:30 am.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders lambasted the interim government over the arrests of the party workers.
Saad Rafique called for their immediate release while Ayaz Sadiq challenged that administration should detain him if they have the courage.
Rafique added, “Our workers wish to reach Lahore Airport in a peaceful manner to welcome Nawaz Sharif on July 13, tomorrow.
“We are concerned over the sudden detentions of our more than 100 leaders and party workers. Whereas the administration has ordered the arrest of other 300, this needs to stop!”
He demanded that the interim Punjab government and the caretaker prime minister should “immediately release arrested workers”. The PML-N, that his party, would announce its next plan of action by noon today.
Sadiq, on the other hand, held the interim chief minister of Punjab responsible and challenged, “If you have courage, I dare you to arrest me!”
He emphasized that the mission of going to Allama Iqbal Airport to welcome Nawaz on July 13, must be completed.
