NAB summons Maryam on March 26 in Chaudhry Sugar Mills case
Maryam Nawaz addresses a press conference following a PML-N meeting in Lahore on Sunday. SCREENGRAB
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday summoned Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz for March 26 in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case.
The PML-N leader has been asked to appear in light of new evidence found by the Lahore bureau of the authority.
On Tuesday, NAB observed that Maryam had been making remarks against “national institutions” which were based on “treason”. According to the authority, the comments were aimed to create hurdles and influence the investigation of cases pertaining to corruption and money laundering.
On Saturday, Lahore High Court (LHC) accepted a petition for hearing by the NAB seeking cancellation of her bail in the the sugar mills case.
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The petition stated that the PML-N vice president had been giving statements against state institutions since her bail and "tarnishing their image".
A day earlier, Maryam questioned the accountability watchdog's stance to "judge" her statements ahead of her appearance before the LHC.
"Who gave you the right to judge statements? Your job was to supposedly stop corruption. Now that you've failed in that, you have changed your responsibilities?" she said while addressing the NAB.
The anti-corruption watchdog had noted that through such statements, Maryam had been trying to “turn around” the ongoing investigation against her and bring the institutions to a point of “confrontation”.