Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President (VP)
Maryam Nawaz on Thursday was arrested by the National Accountability Bureau
(NAB), media reports said.
According to reports, Maryam had arrived at Lahore’s Kot
Lakhpat jail to see her incarcerated father, former prime minister (PM) Nawaz
Sharif, when she was taken into custody by NAB officials.
The PML-N leader has reportedly been taken into custody in
the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case against members of the ex-PM’s family.
Earlier, the PML-N VP had also been sent a
questionnaire inquiring about the case details, including questions on how and
where the shares were divided since the inception of the mill in 1985.
NAB officials say that Maryam had failed to satisfy the
bureau during her last appearance before an investigation team. She had tried
to lead the inquiry officials “astray with unnecessary and abstruse information
in a sitting that lasted for 45 minutes”.
The evidence against the owners of the sugar mills had
surfaced during an investigation against ex-Punjab chief minister (CM) Shehbaz
Sharif and his sons Hamza and Salman in money laundering and income beyond
means cases.
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