Lahore : PML-N workers and police clashed on Tuesday outside a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) office in Lahore where party leader Maryam Nawaz had arrived to record her statement in a case related to illegal”acquisition of land in Raiwind.
The scene outside the building turned violent when the PML-N leader’s caravan, which included several cars and hundreds of supporters on foot, reached outside the NAB premises on Multan road. Television footage showed men in plain clothes pelting stones at law enforcers, who were also seen assaulting some PML-N workers with batons, water cannons and tear gas.
Dozens of party workers were also seen being taken into custody by police from the site.
According to the PML-N spokesperson, at least 50 workers were arrested by police during the clash.
As the situation outside the watchdog’s building turned violent, Maryam, who was in one of the vehicles part of the caravan and surrounded by supporters, posted a video of her car’s broken windshield and alleged that “police had pelted her car with stones [as a result of which] the glass had cracked”.
Following the violent situation, the National Accountability Bureau postponed Maryam Nawaz’s hearing and decided to file cases against the demonstrators. Gates of the NAB office had been closed.
The NAB said in its declaration that Maryam Nawaz was summoned in personal capacity to record her statement but her party workers got involved in hooliganism at the time of appearance.
The anti-graft body had summoned details from the PML-N vice-president about her source of income through which she purchased the aforementioned land and the taxes that she paid.
