Sharif son-in-law arrested, gets bail with Maryam
ISLAMABAD: Former premier Nawaz Sharif’s son-in-law Muhammad Safdar was arrested by Pakistan’s anti-corruption watchdog on his return to the country from the UK though he was granted bail along with his wife Maryam Nawaz on Monday.
Safdar was taken into custody by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) when he landed in Rawalpindi early on Monday. Maryam was with him but she was not arrested.
Maryam and Safdar had been in London to care for her mother Kulsoom Nawaz, who is being treated for throat cancer. A NAB court had issued a non-bailable warrant for Safdar as he had failed to appear before the judge for several hearings of a case registered against members of the Sharif family.
The NAB was ordered to take action against the Sharif family by the Supreme Court when it disqualified Sharif on July 28. Sharif and his children have dismissed the graft charges against them.
Later in the day, Safdar and Maryam were granted bail by the NAB court in the Panama Papers case. Safdar told the media he and his wife had returned to Pakistan on the advice of their lawyers.
Sharif and his sons were absent during the hearing as they are still in London to attend to Kulsoom. Sharif attended the two previous hearings but flew to London last week.
The court set the next hearing for October 13, according to court officials.