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2018-07-13 India-Pakistan
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300 PML-N workers arrested in crackdown as Lahore braces for return of Nawaz, Maryam
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[DAWN] At least 300 PML-N workers and party leaders, including a Union Council chairman, vice chairman and counsellors, have been placed in durance vile
Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
in a crackdown in Lahore as the city braces itself to receive ousted premier Nawaz Sharif
 ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf, then by the courts...
and his daughter Maryam Nawaz on Friday.
Police sources told DawnNewsTV on Thursday that 300 PML-N workers had been arrested in raids on Wednesday night. The district commissioner has provided a list to police of 300 more workers who must be arrested, the sources said.
Additionally, in order to "maintain law and order" in the city, 10,000 coppers will be deployed across Lahore on Friday, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Operations Shahzad Akbar said.
The Anti-Riot Unit will be on alert, and the Dolphin Squad and the Police Response Unit will be deployed to sensitive areas of the city.
Containers will be set up tonight in order to block main thoroughfares across the city, while all roads leading to the airport will be sealed, according to the Lahore Traffic Police.
DIG Akbar said that all superintendents of police have been directed to take strict action against miscreant elements who, during election campaigns or rallies, take the law into their own hands.
He said that those who violated the Election Commission of Pakistain's Code of Conduct would find themselves behind bars, while those politicians and workers who remain peaceful would be guaranteed complete security.
"No one will be allowed to take the law into their own hands," he asserted.
The extraordinary measures have been taken days after a rally was staged by Nawaz's son-in-law Capt Safdar ─ who received a one-year jail sentence in the Avenfield reference for abetment ─ as he offered his arrest to authorities in Rawalpindi.
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