ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Ijaz Shah has said that Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leaders Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz could not travel abroad despite bails as their names were on the Exit Control List (ECL).
Talking to the media, the minister notified that the names of Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz were put on ECL on the requests of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). However, the minister extended best wishes for quick recovery of the former premier.
To a question related to the anti-government march, the interior minister opined that Prime Minister Imran Khan has dealt with the sit-in issue wisely.
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He added that force was not used on protesters by the government on a single occasion.
Nawaz Sharif’s name was put on ECL after the federal cabinet decided to put five accused, Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, Hussain Nawaz Sharif, Hassan Nawaz Sharif, and Ishaq Dar, on the ECL on 20th August 2018, who was wanted for corruption trial links to Panama Papers.
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But later on, Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz and Capt (R) Muhammad Safdar requested the Interior Ministry on 3rd October 2018, to remove their names from the ECL. But, the Interior Ministry earlier this year silently rejected this application.
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