LAHORE: The names of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif’s wife and two daughters have been placed on the Exit Control List (ECL) in the money laundering and assets beyond means case.
The names of ten suspects including the Sharif family members were put on the no-fly list on the recommendation of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) following the approval of the federal cabinet which had barred the listed people from traveling abroad until the conclusion of the case.
On September 28, National Accountability Bureau (NAB) team had arrested Shehbaz Sharif in money laundering case after Lahore High Court (LHC) rejected his bail extension.
According to the NAB investigation report, Chief Financial Officer Muhammad Usman laundered money for the Shehbaz family. Usman started working for the Sharif family in 2005 at Ramzan Sugar Mills.
In 2006, the Nawaz family acquired Hudaibiya Engineering from the Shehbaz family. The following year Shehbaz family made more companies and expanded their business.
The bank accounts of Shehbaz Sharif’s wife Nusrat Shehbaz and his sons were used for foreign remittances and loans. On the direction of Salman, Waqar Trading Company made fake foreign remittances of Rs600 million wich was transferred to Salman Shehbaz’s personal account
On 17th August, NAB filed Rs7 billion money laundering and assets beyond means reference against the Shehbaz family, including his wife Nusrat Shehbaz, sons – Hamza Shehbaz and Suleman Shehbaz – and two daughters, Rabia Imran and Javeria Ali.
Suleman is a proclaimed offender in the case. The other accused named in the reference include Nisar Ahmed, Syed Muhammad Tahir Naqvi, Ali Muhammad Khan, Qasim Qayyum, Rashid Karamat, Masroor Anwar.
The bureau approved requests by Muhammad Mushtaq alias Mushtaq Cheeni, his son Yasir Mushtaq, Shahid Rafique, and Aftab to turn approvers against Shehbaz family in the case.
