ISLAMABAD: Captain (retd) Muhammad Safdar, husband of Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has said he will court arrest today (Sunday).
According to Geo News, Safdar, who was convicted in Avenfield reference along with his wife and father-in-law on Friday, said in an audio message he is going to surrender himself at a city chose by his party: the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz.
In the the message recorded in Hindku language, Safdar said he had earlier decided to surrender in Mansehra, a town in Khyber Pakhtunkwa 's Hazara division, but now he chosen another city decided by the party. He, however, didn't disclose name of the city.
The former MNA requested his supporters to back Sardar Yousuf during the upcoming election, expressing the hope that the PMLN would sweep the entire Hazara division in the upcoming election.
He also rejected the impression that he is might be backing some candidates other than that of the PMLN.
The accountability court in Islamabad sentenced him to one year imprisonment.