LHC to hear plea of Nawaz Sharif’s ECL case today

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) will hear a plea of former premier Nawaz Sharif for the removal of his name from the Exit Control List (ECL).

A two-member bench, headed by Justice Baqi Najfi will hear the plea of the former premier.

Advocate Amjad Pervez filed the application on behalf of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif appealing to the LHC to order the removal of Sharif’s name from the ECL without any conditionality.

The application stated that the government has granted bail to Nawaz Sharif has been granted bail on medical grounds; however, the interior ministry has not removed his name from the ECL.

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Earlier on Wednesday, a subcommittee was held where Federal Minister for Law Farogh Naseem announced that it would allow Nawaz to go abroad for medical treatment for four weeks but after submitting surety bonds.

As mentioned, the federal committee demanded from Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) to submit as surety bonds worth Rs 7 billion in return of removing Nawaz’s name from the ECL.

Nawaz Sharif, however, rejected the government’s offer made on medical gro­unds and to pay Rs 7 billion as surety bonds equivalent to the fines imposed on him by an accountability court in two corruption cases in which he was convicted.