Read more: Pakistan ex-PM accuses army chief of toppling government as opposition protests kick off. Read more: Amid civilian-military conflict, does Pakistan need a new social contract? Earlier this month, Pakistani police filed sedition charges against Sharif, his daughter Maryam and dozens of the PML-N his party leaders over comments they made against the alleged unconstitutional role of the military.
The military, which has ruled Pakistan for half of its history since independence from British rule in , denies meddling in politics or electoral interference. Despite charges against her, Maryam has taken a defiant stance against the military and Khan. She has also been critical of the restrictions on media, abduction of journalists and harassment of political activists. Rights activists accuse security agencies of "kidnapping" critical journalists, a charge Khan's government and the military deny.
Read more: Pakistan: Imran Khan's government is 'muffling critical voices'. PML-N leader and Sharif's daughter Maryam Nawaz has termed the meeting at the army headquarters as an attempt by the men in uniform to tighten their grip over Pak politics. According to the PML-N UK aides, Sharif is due to undergo a similar medical procedure which resulted in health complications a few years ago.
Meanwhile, he is keenly waiting for a "visit by his daughter", Maryam Nawaz, if she is granted bail and allowed to travel abroad. Sharif is going to London after doctors categorically told him that they had exhausted all options available in Pakistan and seeking treatment abroad was the only one option left.
Maryam Nawaz and her cousin Yousuf Abbashad appeared before the accountability court in connection with the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case, where she is a major stakeholder. Addressing a press conference in Lahore on Saturday alongside the top leadership of the PML-N, Maryam, the daughter of year-old Sharif, said that her father's entire judicial process was severely compromised.
In a relief to the still-grieving Sharif family, a top Pakistani court suspended on Wednesday the jail sentences of the embattled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter and son-in-law in a corruption case that jeopardised their political career and ordered their release. Sharif and his daughter Maryam were arrested in Lahore on Friday after an accountability court found them guilty over the ownership of four luxury flats in UK. Sharif, 68, and Maryam, 44, were taken into custody in the Avenfield corruption case, shortly after their arrival at Lahore airport from London last night.
A Pakistani anti-corruption court today sentenced former PM Nawaz Sharif to 10 years and his daughter Maryam for 7 years imprisonment in the Avenfield corruption case. Nawaz Sharif was also fined 10 million pounds in the case.
Nawaz's son-in-law Captain Safdar was sentenced to one year imprisonment in the case. The Sharifs had filed an application on Thursday requesting the court to delay the verdict in the Avenfield reference and grant a seven-day exemption. Sharif, 68, and his daughter left for London via Qatar from the Lahore airport this morning. The court also rejected an application filed by Advocate A K Dogar on behalf of Sharif requesting that Justice Naqvi recuse himself from the full bench.
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ET NOW. Brand Solutions. According to the gift depository Toshakhana rules, these gifts remain the property of the state unless sold at an open auction. Rules allow officials to retain gifts with a market value of less than Rs 10, without paying anything. Pakistan's Opposition leader Maryam Nawaz has accused the Imran Khan-led government of silencing dissenting voices and applying tactics to "fix" media and the opposition to influence and manipulate the next elections.
Addressing media after attending the hearing of her appeal against her conviction, Maryam Nawaz, PML-N vice president, alleged that the government has already starting pre-poll rigging for the general elections, Dawn reported. Pakistan's deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif has accused the country's powerful military establishment of threatening his daughter Maryam Nawaz, warning that if anything happens to her, Prime Minister Imran Khan and the three top generals would be responsible for it.
Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz has convened an important meeting on Sunday to discuss plans related to the anti-government long march, a day after Prime Minister Imran Khan secured a victory in the trust vote in the National Assembly.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote a personal letter to PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif last month, extending heartfelt condolences to Pakistan's former premier over his mother's death, recalling that her simplicity and warmth were "indeed very touching". In an article titled 'The military seeds of Pakistan's discontent', written by Salman Rafi Sheikh, mentioned that a 'creeping coup' has allowed Pakistan's military to control and manipulate government "without firing a shot or rolling a tank.
Pakistan Democratic Movement PDM , the party opposition alliance, have arrived in Lahore for its power show, the last show of the first phase of its anti-government rallies on Sunday. Last week, PM Imran Khan ruled out the possibility of the government granting permission to the PDM for holding the anti-government rallies, warning that legal cases will be lodged against organisers.
The political crisis in Pakistan has deepened after an party Opposition alliance announced that the lawmakers will resign en masse by the end of this month from parliament to paralyse the government and force Prime Minister Imran Khan to call early snap polls.
You must login to keep earning daily check-in points. Lifetime 0 Expired 0 Redeemed 0. Total redeemable TimesPoints 0. Sun, Nov 14, Updated Notification Center. News » Maryam Nawaz. In , she was selected as one of the BBC 's Women. She made her debut in politics in and was made in charge of Nawaz Sharif election campaign during the general election. She is often seen as the political heir to her father. In July, , Maryam along with her father was booked by the Pakistan Supreme Court in a corruption case after finding "significant" disparities in their income and actual wealth.
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