PPP workers protest over arrest of Asif Zardari
PPP workers raised anti-NAB and anti-government slogans.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Workers of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) protested in different cities over the arrest of Asif Ali Zardari in fake accounts case. The PPP workers raised anti NAB and anti government slogans.
PPP workers held a rally in Gujranwala to protest against the arrest of PPP co-chairman. The protesters carried placards and party flags and chanted “Aik Zardari Sb Pe Bhari.”
A protest was also lodged in Hyderabad over Zardari’s arrest. The workers of PPP youth council gathered in front of district council and raised anti government slogans.
Meanwhile, in Lahore protest was recorded on 9 different places. Faisal Mir led a protest at Gulab Devi metro station. The roads blocked after PPP workers burnt tires. Metro service remained blocked due to the protest.
Larkana workers also protested over the arrest of Asif Ali Zardari. The protestors forced the shopkeepers to shut their shops.
Earlier, former president and Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Monday surrendered himself to a team of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) after Islamabad High Court (IHC) rejected Asif Ali Zardari and Faryal Talpur’s pre-arrest bail plea in the money laundering case.
Following the refusal of his pre-arrest bail, a team of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) accompanied by police personnel had reached the residence of PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari in order to arrest him.
PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Asifa Bhutto were present on the ocassion. The NAB team did not arrest Faryal Talpur though.
Asif Zardari was taken to NAB office in Rawalpindi where he was shifted and to cell no 2. The former president will be presented before the accountability court on Tuesday where the NAB will appeal for his remand.
