Mazar-e-Quaid board approach court for action against Maryam, Safdar

The management board of Quaid-e-Azam mausoleum has approached a court seeking action against Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leaders Maryam Nawaz and Capt Muhammad Safdar (retd) for violating the sanctity of the mausoleum.

As per details, board’s HR manager Ghulam Akbar Memon moved an application the court, requesting action against both PML-N leaders over chanting slogans at the tomb under the Quaid-e-Azam’s Mazar (Protection and Maintenance) Ordinance.

However, the court raising an objection retuned his plea and asked the applicant to submit it again with a power of attorney. The application will be fixed for hearing once he removes the objection.

On October 19, PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz’s husband was arrested from a private hotel in Karachi on charges of chanting slogans at Quaid-e-Azam’s tomb and later released on bail.

A civil judge had approved his bail against a surety bond woth Rs100,000.

On Monday, the police filed a challan declaring the FIR against Maryam and her husband over violating the sanctity of Mazar-e-Quaid as “fake”.

The charge sheet stated the complainant was not present at Mazar-e-Quaid at the time of the purported action, nor was he spotted in CCTV footage.

Besides, the entry of citizens to the tomb was banned during Maryam’s visit.