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Police in Pakistan reportedly gathered hundreds of supporters of former prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, one day before returning home with his daughter, political heir Maryam Nawaz, where the two men are arrested The members of Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party claim that the "massive crackdown" is aimed at preventing people from organizing a large welcome rally at Sharif in Lahore where he will land on Friday with his daughter. The authorities of Punjab province, of which Lahore is the capital, state that they have not ordered the crackdown, although the police reportedly said they carried out an indeterminate number of arrests in order to prevent the killing. avoid disturbances in the city before Sharif
An anti-corruption court sentenced last Friday the former prime minister and his daughter to 10 and 7 years in prison respectively in absentia for not having explained how they had acquired their expensive accessory. in London. Sharif is in London, with his children, to take care of his wife who is undergoing treatment for cancer.
Sharif denounced the verdict as being politically motivated and accused a secret military-judiciary alliance of trying to keep him out of politics. the integrity of his PML-N party to allow the alliance's favorites to win the next Pakistani national elections on July 25th.
PML-N candidates also alleged that the Pakistani intelligence agency ISI was pressuring and intimidating them to change their loyalty
A spokesman for the Independent Electoral Commission of Pakistan, who oversees the elections Thursday urged candidates to file complaints in case they were threatened with intimidation.
The military strongly rejected accusations of democratic process interference, or muzzle the media, to rig the polls in favor of the Tehreek-e-Insaf Pakistan (PTI) party led by sports celebrity Imran Khan . [19659003] "We do not have a political party, we have no loyalty," said the army spokesman earlier this week. General Asif Ghafoor also rejected suggestions from his institution forcing Sharif's supporters to change sides.
He explained that the electoral commission had asked the army to organize a "fair and free" election on 25 July. deployed in polling stations around Pakistan to achieve the goal.
Khan, who waged legal battles and demanded responsibility for Sharif through street protests, denies that his party is in collusion with the army.
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