ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Tuesday approved placing the names of 10 individuals including former prime minister Imran Khan’s adviser for accountability and interior Shahzad Akbar on the Exit Control List (ECL), on the recommendation of interior ministry.
The cabinet also endorsed removing names of 22 people from the no-fly list and gave permission to allow three individuals to go abroad one-time only.
On April 17, Akbar departed for Dubai after his name was removed from the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) ‘stop list’ on the order of the Islamabad High Court (IHC).
According to sources, Akbar departed via Islamabad International Airport for Dubai on an international airline at 3:30am, from where he was expected to depart for the United Kingdom.
On April 12, IHC suspended the FIA’s notification of a flight ban on former PM aides Shahbaz Gill and Mirza Shahzad Akbar. The two PTI leaders had approached the court, requesting it to lift the ban.
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The cabinet also approved listing the name of Ziaul Mustafa Naseem on the ECL. Both names were recommended by NAB to be included in the ECL.
Sources told that both names were placed due to their involvement in a case related to a private housing scheme.
The meeting of the federal cabinet was chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at PM House in Islamabad which discussed the current political situation in the country and other matters of importance, the PM Office said.
The cabinet was given a detailed briefing by the Ministry of Climate Change on the impact of climate change in the country.
