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Will NAB nab Avenfield scam convicts Nawaz-Maryam duo at Abu Dhabi?

LONDON: Plane carrying Avenfield Scam convicts Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Safdar has taken off from Heathrow Airport en route Lahore via  Abu Dhabi. It is yet to be seen will the duo be nabbed at Abu Dhabi or in Pakistan.

While a large number of PML-N workers in Punjab have been taken into custody Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said that Nawaz Sharif would be received at Lahore Airport on his arrival from London on Friday. Addressing a news conference at the PML-N Model Town Secretariat he said he would lead a rally from the Muslim Masjid, Lohari, to the Lahore airport to receive Nawaz Sharif. He condemned the alleged arrest of the party leaders and workers. PML-N’s leaders including Marriyum Aurengzeb, Ayyaz Sadiq, Khawaja Saad Rafiq, Sayed Mushahid Hussain, Pervaiz Malik, Hamza Shehbaz were present on the occasion. Shehbaz said he already had announced that the rally would remain completely peaceful and party workers would not damage any property. “We are peaceful people and believe in the supremacy of democracy,” Shehbaz added. He claimed the accountability court could not prove corruption against the PML-N ‘Quaid’ and thus described Nawaz as ‘Sadiq and Ameen.’ He claimed that the PML-N was being targeted and added the party leaders and workers were not afraid of jails and would receive Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz on Friday (July 13). Shehbaz Sharif claimed the PML-N had served the masses, and added it ended load-shedding, built China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), restored peace in Karachi and set up mega public welfare projects. Answering a question, Shehbaz said they would go to elections despite any high-handedness by the district administration. “Free and fair elections are need of the hour and all parties must be allowed to campaign freely,” he suggested.

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.