The outlaws, who ambushed the police vehicles, also took several officers hostage. The police spokesperson reported that the attackers managed to flee after the assault, leaving some officers critically injured.
The family was on their way to Punjab province's Khushab district when the driver lost control of the vehicle due to a brake failure, causing it to veer off the road. Road safety is a major concern in Pakistan, as several road accidents occur due to poor road quality and lack of awareness.
Maryam's echo of her father Nawaz Sharif's statement is a departure from Pakistan's traditional rhetoric and signals a possible shift in Islamabad's policy on India. New Delhi has for long called on Pakistan to take action against the issue of cross-border terrorism.
Maryam Nawaz's remarks came after a suicide bomb attack killed five Chinese engineers in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province near a hydroelectric dam project site. Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif has decided to provide foolproof security to Chinese nationals working on different projects.
Maryam Nawaz created history on Monday after becoming the first woman Chief Minister of Pakistan's Punjab province. However, Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf maintained that Maryam won through rigged votes and denounced her as a 'fake CM'.
Maryam, the 50-year-old senior vice president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party, won the chief ministerial elections amidst a walkout by lawmakers of former prime minister Imran Khan's party-backed Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC).
All main parties, barring Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, announced that they would try to form a coalition government to resolve Pakistan's issues. None of the parties won a majority, with PTI-backed independent candidates getting the lion's share of National Assembly seats.
The elections were uncontested, apparently indicating a show of unity within the PML-N, but actually an indication of the iron grip by the Sharif family members who virtually hand-picked every office holder of the party.
Maryam Nawaz's daughter Mehrunnisa married industrialist Chaudhry Munir's son Raheel in December 2015.
Addressing a rally, Maryam Nawaz said that the coalition government had to make some decisions with a heavy heart, including increasing the prices of petroleum products, because of Khan's wrongdoings.
The powerful army has ruled coup-prone Pakistan for more than half of its 75 years of existence and has hitherto wielded considerable power in the matters of security and foreign policy.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is also facing a rebellion by his about two dozen lawmakers and allied parties. No prime minister in Pakistan's history has ever been ousted through a no-confidence motion, and Khan is the third premier to face the challenge.
Pakistan News Updates: The Imran Khan government effectively lost majority after the MQM-P with its seven members decided to join the opposition. Another ally of the ruling coalition, the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) with five members in the lower house had announced on Monday that it had "accepted the opposition's invitation" to vote against Khan.
PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz asked the prime minister to show some self-respect and urged him to resign instead of seeking time to cling onto power.
Former Pak Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's daughter and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Sharif on Monday informed that the police has arrested her husband Captain Safdar Awan.
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's daughter Maryam on Tuesday shared a video on her official Twitter account and alleged policemen attacked her car.
PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif has said that because former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's daughter, Maryam Nawaz, was not permitted to be with him in London, cardiologists had to change the pre-decided date for his treatment twice.
Lahore Accountability Court judge Ameer Khan rejected the plea of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) seeking further extension to her physical remand.
The 45-year-old daughter of jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who founded the party, was appointed on the post by the party in May. Sharif's brother Shehbaz is currently the president of the party.
The government's justice and law department on Wednesday also transferred the judges who were hearing the case of PML-N leaders Shahbaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz and Hamza Shahbaz. PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb said in a statement that selected Prime Minister Imran Khan launched a scathing attack on judiciary by transferring the judge in the Sanullah case.
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