Ahmed Shameel

Former Sindh governor Mohammad Zubair speaks to media outside Aziz Bhatti Police Station in Karachi. Photo: Geo.tv/Screengrab Police were put under "extreme pressure" to arrest Captain Safdar, Maryam Nawaz's Spokesperson and senior PML-N leader Mohammad Zubair said, quoting Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah. Captain Safdar, Nawaz Sharif's son-in-law and Maryam Nawaz's spouse, was arrested early on Monday by Sindh Police for, among other charges, allegedly violating the sanctity of the Quaid-e-Azam's Mazar (also called Mazar-e-Quaid).  The sanctity of the Mazar-e-Quaid is protected by The Quaid-i-Azam’s Mazar (Protection and Maintenance) Ordinance, 1971, which explicitly  forbids political activities  within the premises of the mausoleum.  “Murad Ali Shah personally confirmed to me his police had nothing to do with this. They were put under extreme pressure,” Zubair told reporters outside Karachi’s Aziz Bhatti police station. “I am a former governor and I was...

  PML-N vice-president Maryam Nawaz tweeted early Monday morning that her husband retired Captain Mohammad Safdar had been arrested by the police from their hotel in Karachi. "Police broke my room door at the hotel I was staying at in Karachi and arrested Capt Safdar," Maryam said via tweet. According to Maryam, she was sleeping when the police allegedly "barged in". ARTICLE CONTINUES AFTER AD PTI minister Ali Zaidi, however, refuted her claim, saying "Maryam [is] once again lying that the hotel door was broken." Safdar has been arrested a day after he raised slogans at the Quaid's mausoleum before the Pakistan Democratic Movement's (PDM)  second power show  at Bagh-i-Jinnah. Police are yet to confirm or comment on the arrest. The arrest comes after a first information report (FIR) was registered against Maryam, Safdar and 200 others for violating the sanctity of the Quaid's mausoleum. The complainant, Waqas Ahmed, alleged that the PML-N leader...

PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari(Centre) and PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz addressing the Karachi rally at Bagh-e-Jinnah, on October 18, 2020. — YouTube The massive crowd PDM's Karachi rally, on October 18, 2020. — Twitter A large number of supporters of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) are gathered to attend a public gathering meeting held at Jinnah Bagh in Karachi on Sunday, October 18, 2020. — PPI Maryam Nawaz gestures at PDM's Karachi rally, on October 18, 2020. — Twitter (L to R) Bilawal Bhutto, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, and Maryam Nawaz present at PDM's Karachi rally, on October 18, 2020. — Twitter Peoples Party Chairman, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Maryum Nawaz, Vice President of Muslim League (PML-N) along with others are waving hands to their supporters during the public gathering meeting of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) held at Jinnah Bagh in Karachi on Sunday, October 18, 2020. — PPI PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari(Centre) and PML-N vice preside...