Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's daughter Maryam Nawaz has said that Khawaja Muhammad Asif has been arrested for not leaving the PML-N leadership.
He said that NAB officials were lying in wait, as soon as Khawaja Muhammad Asif came out of the house, he was not arrested and abducted.
In a media briefing outside the house of former Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal in Islamabad, Maryam Nawaz said that Khawaja Muhammad Asif had told me two important things a few days ago.
"I swear that an institution called Khawaja Muhammad Asif and said that if Nawaz Sharif leaves, the cases will be over in 15 to 20 days."
The PML-N vice-president said that the former foreign minister had refused to leave Nawaz Sharif in response to the offer, threatening him with dire consequences.
He said that this was told to me by Khawaja Asif himself, adding that he had clearly told him that he was ready to suffer the consequences but that he would not leave Nawaz Sharif.
Maryam Nawaz further said that a consultative meeting of our party was going on, Khawaja Asif was also present in the meeting and he had to record the program.
The PML-N vice-president also said that the procedure was the same but now decisions were being taken keeping in view the defeat. The Supreme Court and the High Court had said that the NAB was an institution of political engineering.
He said that he would tell the judiciary that the nation is watching him. If the NAB picks up people from their homes without any case, then they should move forward against this oppression.
Maryam Nawaz said that she could not name the person who told Khawaja Asif to leave Nawaz Sharif. The former foreign minister gave a clear answer that my hair has turned white. I stand with Nawaz Sharif and I will stand till the last moment.
He disclosed that I have received the resignations of 159 members of the Punjab government, only one woman MPA has not resigned as she is on vanity letter.
The PML-N vice-president said that we will face all kinds of pressure, the message was given to the central leadership that the government is terribly scared, PDM will react on the issue of Khawaja Asif.
He said that he would have to release Khawaja Asif or else the reaction would be severe. I know very well who is in control of the media.
