A Pakistani lawmaker was arrested here on Tuesday on charges of treason.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s close aide Javed Latif was arrested by the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) of Lahore Police after a sessions court rejected his pre-bail petition in the treason case.
According to the FIR, Latif defamed state institutions and passed hateful remarks against them.
He is also accused of talking about dismemberment of Pakistan in case anything happens to Sharif’s daughter Maryam Nawaz.
“If anything happens to PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz, the PML-N will not say Pakistan Khappay (stay united). PPP had made this slogan of Pakistan Khappay after assassination of Benazir Bhutto but the PMLN will not say this if anything happens to Maryam Nawaz,” Latif had said in a TV talk show.