LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party Co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari on Friday demanded the immediate arrest of Sharif family members, saying there are serious charges of corruption against them.

In a statement issued on Friday, Zardari stated accountability proceeding against the Sharifs was being held in an unjust manner despite them being indicted. 

However, he added, when it came to the PPP leaders, they would first be arrested, put behind bars and then cases against them would be dug up.

While referring to the instance of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif?s son-in-law Captain (retd) Safdar ? who was freed after a day of being arrested ? Zardari said if one is a member of the Sharif family they can get bailed out in a day. ?But our people get bail after a year and a half ? what sort of accountability is this??

The PPP co-chairperson said they would not accept any proceedings until they are held in the same manner as the previous proceedings.

About being allies with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Zardari said: ?The godfather sends us secret messages for reconciliation from London, but we have rejected them.?

It should be mentioned here that the new chairperson appointed for the National Accountability Bureau ? a federal organisation ? is the one whose name was suggested by PPP.

Zardari addressed a meeting of PPP Manifesto Committee earlier in the day and said his party?s first priority is to make the country a welfare state.