Maryam Nawaz in Islamabad to join Fazl for protest outside top court
Pakistan
Fazlur Rehman calls public on streets against court's relief to Imran
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief organiser Maryam Nawaz on Saturday reached Islamabad to after the PML-N had decided to join protests called outside the Supreme Court by PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman.
Ms Nawaz would lead the PML-N for the protest.
The decision had been taken at a meeting chaired by PML-N chief organiser Maryam Nawaz, and attended by PML-N’s MPAs and other leaders, at the party’s secretariat in Model Town.
Earlier, as the Islamabad High Court eliminated all possibilities of PTI chief Imran Khan’s arrest in all cases until Monday (May 15) a day after the apex court had declared Mr Khan’s arrest in the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case “illegal”, Mr Rehman announced a protest and sit-in outside the top court.
PDM chief made the announcement after an emergency meeting of the PDM, attended by various political leaders including Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, and PML-N chief organizer Maryam Nawaz.
Speaking to the media after the meeting, Mr Rehman criticised the top court for granting bail to Mr Khan in all cases after May 9, and for allegedly giving him preferential treatment. He accused the court of protecting the crime instead of eliminating it and protecting the criminal (Imran Khan).
JUI-F chief also criticised the court for allegedly exceeding its constitutional and legal authority by ordering authorities to refrain from arresting Mr Khan even in unknown cases. He lamented that similar concessions were not given to Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz, or Faryal Talpur.
