Senate opposition leader will be from PML-N, claims Maryam Nawaz

Addressing a joint press conference in Jati Umrah, Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said during the PML-N Vice President hearing on March 26 with the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), the opposition alliance will be present with her in a show of solidarity however NAB is a puppet organization.

He went on to say that the workers will number "not thousands, but hundreds of thousands".

Maulana Fazlur Rehman said that PDM is united and 9 parties are trying to resolve issues through mutual consent and PDM will wait for the PPP CEC decision regarding resignations from parliament and participation in long-march.

Flanked by PDM chief, Maryam Nawaz said that Imran Khan's incompetence has engulfed the entire country. PM’s future is tied to his performance and PDM will not allow the government to come out of the narrow alley at any point.

The PML-N leader said that efforts are being made to keep all the parties in the PDM united. Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has its own decision on whether to stay with the PDM or not, she added.

All the parties supported Yousuf Raza Gilani in the Senate elections, and now it has been decided in principle that the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate will be from the PML-N,  she declared.

In this regard, we have also talked to Maulana Fazlur Rehman. Under the rule, all parties will abide by this decision, she added.

The PML-N vice president said the Punjab Assembly's Leader of the Opposition participated in the lunch meeting hosted by Fazlur Rehman and, "A media channel or two ran this baseless news. They should at least fear God before running such big lies," she said.

Maryam has been summoned by the NAB in pursuance of two cases — the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case

Lahore: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has summoned Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice-president Maryam Nawaz in Chaudhry Sugar Mills and one about the purchase of land in Raiwind case on March 26 in Lahore office.

According to sources, the anti-graft body has obtained strong proofs against the PML-N leader and will be investigating her in light of fresh shreds of evidence.

Maryam was previously summoned by NAB on August 11, 2020, in the illegal land transfer case but the hearing was adjourned after clashes erupted between police officials and PML-N workers.

It is pertinent to mention here that Maryam Nawaz was taken into custody by NAB on August 8, 2019, over her alleged involvement in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case.

Later on November 4, 2019, the Lahore High Court (LHC) granted her bail and ordered her to submit two surety bonds, worth Rs10 million each, and deposit an additional Rs70million and surrender her passport to secure her release.

NAB has accused the Sharif family of accumulating assets using Chaudhry Sugar Mills without justifying the means of income.