LAHORE: The Punjab government has approved the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) request to declare its Lahore office as a red zone on March 25 and 26 during Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) vice-president Maryam Nawaz appearance before the bureau.
NAB in its request to the government said in the wake of reports related to a possible attack on its building on Friday, the authorities concerned must declare its Lahore office ‘red zone’, adding that it was seeking assistance from police and Rangers.
Sources said that Punjab’s cabinet committee on law and order approved declaring the NAB office ‘red zone’ and also ordered the deployment of Rangers and police personnel outside the office on March 25 and 26.
In a statement, Punjab Law Minister Raja Basharat said that strict action will be taken against those disturbing law and order situations.
NAB has summoned Maryam on Friday in a case related to money laundering and illegal acquisition of land. Following the announcement of the PML-N that all its members in the national and provincial assemblies from Punjab will be accompanying Maryam, the accountability watchdog had sought foolproof security from Rangers and police.
PDM cheif Maulana Fazlur Rehman has also announced that the workers of his party, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam, would also accompany the PML-N vice-president on Friday.
Last year in August, NAB had summoned the PML-N vice-president, but clashes between PML-N workers and police broke out outside its Lahore headquarters upon her arrival.
