Rawalpindi: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) team arrested on Sunday former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s son-in-law Captain (retd) Muhammad Safdar, who is wanted in relation to Avenfield properties reference case.
Safdar, along with wife Maryam Nawaz and father-in-law Nawaz Sharif, was given on Friday jail term in the Avenfield properties case. Nawaz and Maryam were sentenced to 11 and eight years in prison and slapped £8-million and £2-million fines, respectively. Capt (retd) Safdar also received a one-year prison sentence.
According to media reports two high-rank NAB officials took Safdar into custody after he appeared at a party rally in Rawalpindi. Earlier, local leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) were leading a party rally on Liaquat Road when Safdar disembarked from a vehicle and joined him amid cheers of supporters.
PML-N leaders Senator Chaudhry Tanveer and Malik Shakeel Awan, among others, were leading the rally and brought Safdar into their fold. Moreover, NAB officials said Safdar is a convict and anyone assisting his evasion from the authorities can also be arrested. Safdar had earlier reached Liaquat Bagh to present himself for detention after the accountability court issued his arrest warrants in Avenfield reference. It is to be mentioned here that anti-graft watchdog team had left for Mansehra on Saturday to take Safdar into custody after accountability court verdict in Avenfield reference.
