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...

US presidential election candidate Joe Biden (L) and US President Donald Trump. — AFP/File WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday labelled his opponent in the presidential election Joe Biden "a wacko," as he seeks to revive his reelection campaign in the face of weak polling data while he is confined to the White House after catching coronavirus. "He's been a wacko for years, and everyone knows it," Trump tweeted. "Notice how all of the bad things, like his very low IQ, are no longer reported? Fake News!" Trump has fired out a stream of angry tweets since leaving from hospital on Monday as he continues to be treated for COVID-19 just four weeks away from the November 3 election. Latest polls forecast a clear victory for Biden, with  CNN  giving the Democrat a national advantage of 57% to 41% among likely voters, with women voters going 66% to 32% in his favour. Trump linked his tweet to a clip of Biden on the campaign trail telling a group ...

PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz speaks to media outside the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) office in Lahore. Photo: Geo News LAHORE: Hitting out at the incumbent government for making life difficult for the poor, PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz said that no one can and should steal the right of the public to elect their representatives.  The PML-N leader said these words as she welcomed Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and his delegation to her Jati Umrah residence where talks were held between the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief and opposition leaders.  "Congratulations to Maulana Fazlur Rehman on becoming the head of the PDM," she said. "We are all extremely happy at this decision and so are the people." Read more :  PDM's plan includes 'going to Islamabad', says JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman Maryam said that the masses had earlier seen the zeal and enthusiasm of the JUI-F chief during the Azadi March...