Maryam Nawaz's convoy enters Mandi Bahauddin to address rally

Maryam Nawaz, a vice president of the PML-N, has reached Mandi Bahauddin to address a rally after having promised party workers to meet them there "despite all hindrances created by the government".

In a message to party workers in Mandi Bahauddin prior to her departure on Sunday afternoon, Maryam said that she would meet them, "whether at a ground or a road".

Accompanying Maryam are retired captain Mohammad Safdar, Talal Chaudhry, Musaddiq Malik, Pervaiz Rashid, Uzma Bukhari and Saifullah Khokhar.

On Saturday, the local administration of Mandi Bahauddin sealed the main gate of the Quaid-i-Azam Ground, also known as Cinema Ground, and deployed a police contingent there in a bid to prevent the PML-N from holding a rally.

PML-N had alleged that the ground had also been intentionally filled with rain and drainage water diverted after the heavy rain on Saturday and it seemed difficult that a rally could be held there in the current situation. Meanwhile, the administration and police had not granted the PML-N permission to hold the rally at the venue, citing security reasons.

Maryam, in a tweet earlier on Sunday, said that she will further talk about the startling claims she made yesterday regarding accountability judge Arshad Malik.

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Also earlier in the day, judge Malik rejected Maryam's allegations that he had convicted Nawaz Sharif in the Al-Azizia reference under “immense pressure from hidden hands”.