<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">In Pakistan, the convicted son-in-law of the former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, has been arrested after he resurfaced in the garrison city of Rawalpindi leading a rally of supporters.&nbsp;</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Mohammad Safdar appeared with hundreds of supporters, marching down the city's streets on Sunday for hours with the crowd growing.&nbsp;</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The former ruling party, Pakistan Muslim League, capitalized on Safdar's rally to mobilize supporters ahead of the July 25 polls.</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">A Police Officer said, anti-graft authorities took Safdar into custody.</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Safdar went into hiding after an anti-graft court convicted him last Friday, along with former premier Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz, over purchases of luxury apartments in London.</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Sharif was given a ten-year jail term and Maryam seven years, but Safdar was given one year for abetment.</div>
News On AIR | July 8, 2018 9:34 PM
Convicted Son-in-law of former Pak PM Nawaz Sharif arrested