Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz arrested at Lahore Airport

Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz arrested at Lahore Airport

LAHORE – The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) arrested former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz convicted by an accountability court in the Avenfield reference.

The police and Rangers officials, including females, entered the plane and arrested them. About 70-80 workers were encircling Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz.

Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz Nawaz stopped over in Abu Dhabi on their way to Lahore from London. The Abu Dhabi-bound flight left Heathrow Airport at 12:45am and landed at Abu Dhabi 8am on Friday.

Nawaz and Maryam were scheduled to leave Abu Dhabi at 3pm and reach at Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore at 6.15pm on Friday.

Owing to a delay in flight, the plane left Abu Dhabi Airport at 6:00pm and reached Lahore at 8:44pm.