NAB takes Maryam Nawaz into custody in Chaudhry Sugar Mills case

NAB takes Maryam Nawaz into custody in Chaudhry Sugar Mills case

Lahore (Staff Report): The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has taken into custody Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills (SMC) case.

According to reports, Maryam was detained by the NAB as she was visiting her father former prime minister Nawaz Sharif at the Kot Lakhpat Jail.

Maryam had been given a questionnaire based on six questions in the CSM case, which she was due to answer by 3pm today (Thursday).

Later, the anti-corruption watchdog issued a statement, stating Maryam and her cousin Yousaf Abbas Sharif were taken into custody in connection with a graft case relating to CSM, a sugar mill owned by the Sharif family.

They will be presented before an accountability court on Friday, the statement added.