ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s son-in-law Muhammad Safdar have been arrested from Benazir International Airport by a special six-member NAB team.
While Maryam Nawaz had left the airport for her house as she had the option to get pre-arrest bail which she reportedly signed before leaving, the warrants of her spouse are non-bailable, which has given rise to an interesting situation and led to arrest of her spouse Capt (retd) Safdar. National Accountability Bureau had already apprised the Secretary National Assembly of their plan for the arrest.
Maryam Nawaz was not arrested as she boarded a separate vehicle and headed towards a house in Sector F-7 instead of Punjab House. A large number of PML-N activists reached the Islamabad Airport to receive their leaders. They chanted slogans in favour of Nawaz Sharif.
Ousted Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Muhammad Safdar arrived at Benazir International Airport through Qatar Airways at around 01:20am on Monday, where they were received by PML-N senior leaders, including Daniyal Aziz, Asif Kirmani, Parvaiz Rashid, Tariq Fazl Chaudhri and State Minister Talal Chaudhri.
Maryam Nawaz and her husband are required to appear before the court on Monday for the hearing of a reference filed against the Sharif family on the order of the Supreme Court.
It is worth mentioning here that six-member NAB team was present at the airport to arrest former prime minister Nawaz sharif's son-in-law Muhammed Safdar as accountability court had issued the non-bailable warrants for Capt (Rtd) Mohammad Safdar for not appearing even after repeated summons.
Workers of PML-N gathered and started chanting in favour of Capt (Retd) Safdar a head of NAB vehicle in which he was being taken after arrest. Many supporters lied in front of the vehicle.
PML-N leader Asif Kirmani asked workers that the PML-N leadership ordered to let the vehicle go and not to stop it. He told them that the party leadership ordered to hold protest.
He is kept at NAB office Islamabad and would be produced in the morning before accountability court in NAB references. He recorded his initial statement in which he said, "we have come to appear before the accountability court as it has already been decided", adding that he (Safdar) and his wife Maryam Nawaz were in London to look after former first lady Begam Kulsoom Nawaz due to that they could not appear before accountability court in last hearings.