Staff Reporter
Lahore
A local court in Lahore on Tuesday issued a bailable arrest warrant against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Captain (r) Safdar in a case pertaining to a clash outside the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore office. He had appeared there with party vice president Maryam Nawaz. A district kachehri conducted the hearing of a case against Captain Retired Safdar Awan and others over clashing police officials outside a NAB court in 2019. Judicial magistrate Hafiz Nafees heard the case where the prosecution told him about non-compliance of the orders by accused persons despite being summoned. The prosecution pleaded for issuance of warrants of the accused persons to make progress in the trial. Later, the district kachehri issued bailable arrest warrants of the accused and adjourned the hearing till December 5. A case had been registered against Captain Retired Safdar Awan and others at Islampura police station in 2019 over scuffle with police officials outside the accountability court during the appearance of Maryam Nawaz. It is to be mentioned here that Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) had already confirmed interim bail of 30 suspects including PML-N senior leaders Rana Sanaullah and Captain (r) Safdar. In September 2020, a clash erupted between outraged PML-N workers and police as Maryam Nawaz reached the NAB office in a case pertaining to illegal transfer of 180 acres of land in Raiwind. PML-N workers – who accompanied Maryam Nawaz from Jati Umrah to the NAB office in a convoy – pelted stones at police officials.
