Nawaz, Maryam have an 'emotional farewell', to be arrested today

July 13, 2018 08:16

Pakistan former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam had an emotional farewell meeting with former finance minister Ishaq Dar in London before leaving for Pakistan on Thursday.

The pictures of the farewell shows emotional scenes, wherein Nawaz's friends and relatives can be seen weeping.

Maryam's kids can also be seen embracing her and kissing her forehead.

The father-daughter duo, who left from London on Thursday, will be arrested by a special National Accountability Bureau (NAB) team at Abu Dhabi Airport in United Arab Emirates (UAE) later today.

NAB sources in Islamabad said that both the convicted would be kept at Adiala jail for a day before being transferred to the notorious Attock Fort prison.

Flights that were to arrive at Islamabad airport this morning have been diverted to Lahore airport. Sharif and Maryam will be taken to jail under heavy security.

Meanwhile, Junaid Safdar and Zakaria Hussain, grandsons of Sharif, are arrested by London police for punching a demonstrator outside their residence in Park Lane yesterday.

Junaid Safdar is the son of Maryam Nawaz and Zakaria Hussain is the son of Hussain Nawaz.

On July 6, Nawaz Sharif was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment, and a fine of eight million pounds was slapped on him in the Avenfield Reference case.

Maryam was sentenced to seven years of jail and fined two million pounds, by the Accountability Court. -- ANI

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