Maryam Nawaz arrested by NAB in Chaudhry Sugar Mills reference.

Islamabad/Lahore: PML-N vice president and daughter of ousted premier Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz, was detained by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday.

Yousaf Abbas, a cousin of Maryam Nawaz Sharif has also been arrested by NAB.

In a press release, NAB stated that Maryam Nawaz and Yousaf Abbas had been arrested in connection with the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case. The press release added that on the directives of chairman NAB a team of doctors would conduct a medical examination of Maryam Nawaz and Yousaf Abbas. Both will be presented before an accountability court on Friday for remand.

PML-N sources confirmed that Maryam was taken into custody after she was shown the arrest warrants issued for her non-appearance before the bureau.

PML-N leaders and supporters, including Marriyum Aurangzeb and Ahsan Iqbal, are protesting the development outside the National Assembly.

Before the assembly session was adjourned due to PML-N's protest, Pakistan People Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari condemned Maryam's arrest in a strongly-worded speech on the floor...