Maryam Nawaz defends son for beating protester in London

Defending her son Junaid Safdar for beating up a protester outside Avenfield apartments, Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Nawaz has said that anyone who was being sworn at would have reacted the same way.

Maryam's son Junaid and her nephew Zakaria Sharif were taken into custody on Thursday for beating up a man outside Avenfield apartments. According to Junaid, the protester had spitted at him and tried to attack him, local media reported.

In a video surfacing on Twitter, Junaid and Zakaria are seen tackling and beating a man outside the apartments. The man, who is seen pinned to the ground by Junaid, has blood on his face. The video shows that both the protester and the cousins are scuffling and stop when police intervene.

Junaid Safdar wrestling outside #Avenfied House.

Can you imagine if that happened in Punjab? The #Punjab Police would have tortured and arrested the victims rather than the attackers. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/YvcNYcDt2k

— Bilal Azeem (@BilalAzeem) July 12, 2018

Maryam, who is en route to Pakistan with her father Nawaz Sharif and is currently in Abu Dhabi airport, took to twitter and defended him.

PTI workers stationed outside London flat shouted ‘son of a bitch’ every time they saw Junaid. Anyone would have reacted. https://t.co/Zml91wGKmU

— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) July 12, 2018

Maryam and Nawaz will be landing in Lahore today in the evening where a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) team will receive them and take them to jail. The NAB has also arranged for helicopters to transfer the father-daughter duo from Lahore to Islamabad.

Nawaz and Maryam have been sentenced to 10 and seven years in jail, respectively in Avenfield corruption case.