*ISLAMABAD – Members of the Sharif family met on Monday with PakistanMuslim League-Nawaz leaders Maryam Nawaz and Hamza Shehbaz, who arecurrently under custody of the National Accountability Bureau.*

The meeting was held at the NAB’s Lahore office. Those paying the visitincluded National Assembly Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif, Maryam’s sonJunaid Safdar, her husband Captain (retd) Safdar, and members of YousufAbbas Sharif’s family.

Members of the Sharif family had lunch together during the meeting thatlasted for two hours. Later on they returned from the NAB office withoutspeaking to the media.

The anti-graft body had permitted relatives to meet under custody suspectson Eid.

Last week, NAB officials arrested Maryam Nawaz from outside Lahore’s KotLakhpat Jail, where she had gone to visit her father, former prime ministerNawaz Sharif.

The NAB team also arrested Maryam’s cousin, Yousaf Abbas Sharif. Yousuf isthe son of her late uncle and was recently offloaded off a Hajj flight onNAB’s request.

Maryam was summoned by NAB in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills on August 8, but shedid not appear before the anti-corruption watchdog.