Kulsoom Nawaz released

ISLAMABAD, OCT 13. Authorities in Pakistan have withdrawn the detention order of Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, wife of deposed premier Nawaz Sharif, and released her late on Thursday night.

Begum Kulsoom was detained for seven days at the residence of a leader of Pakistan Muslim league(PML) women's wing in the city of Rawalpindi on October 11 after she led a caravan of cars from Peshawar as part of the party's "black day" observation on the first anniversary of the military coup in the country. She remained in detention for the whole day on Thursday and was not allowed to take part in a protest meeting in Rawalpindi in connection with the black day.

Later the district administration of Rawalpindi delivered an order of detention for seven days. However, she was freed on Thursday.

Besides detaining Kulsoom Nawaz, police had also arrested around 300 PML activists to foil attempt of holding any rallies on the "black day".

- PTI

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