ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sahrif has stopped his party’s workers from assembling at the Federal Judicial Academy on June 15 during his appearance before the Joint Investigation Team, his special assistant said.

In a press statement, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Dr Asif Kirmani Tuesday said the said it came to the knowledge of the prime minister that the workers wanted to express their solidarity with him during his appearance.

The prime minister said the PML-N workers were the assets of the party and he was aware of their sentiments and wanted to thank them.

Dr Kirmani said the prime minister further asked the workers to remember him in their prayers.

The prime minister’s notice came shortly after PTI chief Imran Khan tweeted on Tuesday that he ‘won’t allow’ PML-N’s ‘Gullus’ to hold a show of physical strength two days later when Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appears before the Joint Investigation Team probing his alleged offshore wealth.