NAB decides to arrest Nawaz, Maryam on return from London

The National Accountability Court (NAB) has decided to arrest the convicts, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz, on their return from London, 

NAB sources said the relevant authorities of the institution had issued order to arrest Nawaz and Maryam upon their landing in Pakistan.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police will also be contacted to arrest former MNA and Nawaz’s son-in-law captain (retd) Safdar as the authorities have decided to arrest all those who have been convicted by NAB court, the sources said.

An accountability court handed Nawaz Sharif 10 years as jail time for owning assets beyond income and 1 year for not cooperating with NAB in the Avenfield properties corruption reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).

His daughter Maryam Nawaz was given 7 years for abutment, and 1 year for non-cooperation with the anti-graft authority.