LAHORE: Vice President of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Maryam Nawaz has strongly condemned arrest of Shehbaz Sharif.

Speaking to press conference Maryam Nawaz said that PML-N President has been arrested only because he refused to play in the hands of those who wanted to use him against his brother.

She said that PM Imran Khan fears of Shehbaz Sharif and he thinks that Shehbaz is alternative choice against PM Imran, he is not the alternate but the only choice, she added.

Meanwhile, reacting to the arrest, Marriyum Aurangzeb, spokesperson of PML-N, said that even today, corruption of even a single penny was not proved and arrests of opposition leaders is proof of PM Imran Khan’s ill intentions.

She said “Government has decided to rig upcoming local bodies election and for this reason PML-N President has been arrested by NAB-Niazi nexus. I want to say it clearly that NAB has arrested Shehbaz Sharif on directions of Imran Khan”.

It is pertinent to mention here that National Accountability Bureau (NAB) team has arrested President of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Opposition Leader in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif in money laundering case.

According to details, NAB team arrested the PML-N leader when Lahore High Court (LHC) rejected his bail plea after detailed arguments from both sides. The anti-graft watchdog will present Opposition Leader before the court tomorrow and request physical remand of the accused.

A two-member bench of the Lahore High Court comprising Justice Sardar Ahmed Naeem and Justice Farooq Haider heard the plea, during which Shehbaz Sharif’s lawyer gave their arguments. Counsel of PML-N President argued that Shehbaz Sharif saved over Rs1,000 billion of national exchequer and never received his pay as a member of National Assembly.

No evidence is available against Shehbaz Sharif in money laundering case and none of the witnesses has accused PML-N leader of the ill practice, he said. NNI