ISLAMABAD - Former PM Nawaz Sharif’s daughter and PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday claimed that the Opposition parties will not allow Prime Minister Imran Khan to become what she said a ‘political martyr’.  While talking to reporters outside the Islamabad High Court after a hearing of the Avenfield reference, she said that the prime minister "should not even attempt to be like Nawaz Sharif" as he was "an elected prime minister who came into power through the votes of the masses" as opposed to the incumbent ruler, who the Opposition frequently refers to as a "selected leader."

The PML-N leader went on to say that one does not simply become a lion by cloaking oneself in the creature's hide. Maryam raised a question on PM Imran Khan's identity and said that it is confined to "conspiracies," adding that he has "nothing to do with the principles of law and democracy".

Meanwhile, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday sought arguments from National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on November 17, on the questions raised by Maryam Nawaz’s lawyer in her acquittal plea in Avenfield property reference.