Rana Sanaullah arrest: Shehbaz calls high-level party meeting on Tuesday

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Shehbaz Sharif summoned a high-level party huddle on Tuesday to consult over political developments in light of the recent arrest of MNA Rana Sanaullah, party sources informed Geo News.

The party's senior leadership is directed to be present at the Model Town residence of Shehbaz Sharif tomorrow to devise strategies and future course of action. Sources privy to the development said that the party will also look into recent arrests of other opposition leaders as well.

The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) on Monday arrested Sanaullah from near the Sukheke area in Punjab.

Sanaullah, a member of the National Assembly (MNA) and president of the PML-N's Punjab wing, was said to have been arrested in a drug-related case, with the ANF officials telling Geo News he was arrested while traveling with his guards to a meeting from Faisalabad to Lahore.

An ANF (Lahore) spokesperson confirmed that the PML-N's senior leader was arrested and a case was being filed in accordance with the Control of Narcotics Substances Act, 1997, after a large stash of contraband was recovered from his vehicle.

Sanaullah is set to be presented in a narcotics court tomorrow (Tuesday) for remand proceedings, Riaz Soomro, the spokesperson, noted, adding that he was arrested in light of numerous proofs.