PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz has claimed that the arrest of her husband and former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's son-in-law retired Captain Mohammad Safdar, was aimed at dividing the opposition's anti-government alliance. An FIR was registered against Maryam Nawaz, Safdar and 200 others for violating the sanctity of the mausoleum. At the presser, Maryam Nawaz further said that the federal government was trying to give the impression that the Sindh government was behind the arrest, "but Bilawal (Bhutto-Zardari) had called me and he was very angry". The PML-N Vice President also claimed that Safdar had been "receiving death threats for some time now", which are "coming from a very high level". "If they believe threats could coerce Nawaz Sharif or Maryam Nawaz into silence; if they believe this could create rifts in the PDM or undermine its unity, then they are mistaken."

Source: dna October 20, 2020 04:38 UTC