FIR lodged against PML-N workers after Nawaz rally

FIR states PML-N workers blocked roads, stopped train and chanted slogans against govt

LAHORE: Police have registered a first information report (FIR) against members of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) for holding a solidarity rally for former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's on his return to Kot Lakhpat jail without the permission of the administration, Express News reported.

The FIR has been registered against more than 1400 PML-N workers under the Sound Systems Act and the Railway Act.

According to the FIR, PML-N workers blocked roads, stopped a train and chanted slogans against the government.



In response to the case registered against her party members, recently made vice president of PML-N, Maryam Nawaz took to Twitter to offer her assistance to the party workers.

Have asked PML-N Lhr to assist the workers & offer every help but look how terrified they are of PML-N. If there’s anyone who needs help, pls contact me. pic.twitter.com/b91nk3jKWX

— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) May 9, 2019

Nawaz Sharif left Jati Umra for the Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail in a solidarity rally after his six weeks bail expired on Tuesday.



The Supreme Court on May 3 had dismissed the PML-N supremo’s review petition seeking permanent bail on medical grounds and the permission to go abroad for treatment.

On March 26, he was granted six weeks bail on medical grounds.

An accountability court in December last year sentenced the three-time premier to seven-year rigorous imprisonment after it found him guilty in Al-Azizia reference, one of the three graft cases filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in line with the Supreme Court order.