The FIR said that after her instigation, the party workers started pelting stones at police and damaged the state property.
PML-N workers, who had gathered outside the NAB office ahead of the hearing, allegedly clashed with police at Thokar Niaz Baig. Resultantly, police had resorted to baton-charge and tear gas. Due to the deteriorating law and order situation, NAB had issued a statement that proceedings had been delayed after which the PML-N leader returned home.
Following the clashes, Maryam addressed a press conference, wherein she accused NAB of high-handedness. The PML-N leader had said the crackdown on the party workers by the Punjab Police was the ‘worst form of state oppression’.
“Not for me or the PML-N, it is a moment to ponder for the ‘fake and selected’ government,” she had said, adding that the 'unarmed party workers present near the NAB office were shelled with tear gas and baton-charged'. “For the first time I saw stoning and NAB-gardi and tear-gas shelling, but the workers remained steadfast,” she had said.