Accountability court releases Capt (r) Safdar on bail
Safdar affirmed that he will face the courts as he has not done any corruption or money laundering.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Accountability court has on Monday released Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MNA and son-in-law of former Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif, Captain (r) Safdar on bail who was presented before the court by National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
The court has rejected NAB’s request to confiscate Safdar’s passport and to issue his judicial remand, however, he has been directed not to leave the country without court’s permission. Copies of references have also been handed over to PML-N leader.
Capt (r) Safdar reaches home from NAB court
Captain (r) Safdar was arrested in the morning by NAB from Islamabad airport as he returned from London along with wife Maryam Nawaz. A journalist asked Safdar upon his arrival in the court whether he was tortured during the custody. He replied that he is not a terrorist who will be persecuted, and affirmed that he will face the courts as he has not done any corruption or money laundering.
According to details, the accountability court had issued non-bailable arrest warrants of Captain (r) Safdar and had directed NAB to arrest him, and seek help from other institutions as well if necessary, to arrest Safdar and present him before the court on Monday, October 9.
PML-N workers gathered at the airport in large numbers on the occasion and surrounded the NAB convoy. The workers held the convoy for about two hours despite appeals from senior PML-N members to let the NAB convoy move. Finally, the convoy started moving and Captain (r) Safdar was taken to Melody NAB office. The workers also followed the convoy and the security at the office was beefed up by the police.
Meanwhile, Maryam Nawaz Sharif arrived at an undisclosed important personality’s house in Islamabad F-6(3) house, where she was phoned by her father Nawaz Sharif who expressed deep concern over Captain (r) Safdar’s arrest, terming the action as victimisation. He said that the Sharif family will continue appearing before the court despite serious reservations.
PML-N leader Marvi Memon, while talking to Dunya News, expressed concern over the arrest. She said that Maryam and Safdar had returned to Pakistan only to appear before the court and the step to arrest the son-in-law of the former PM was unnecessary. She added that it would be extremely difficult to hold the workers back if such actions continued.