ISLAMABAD: After the removal of the name from the Exit Control List (ECL), Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has been scheduled to visit Saudi Arabia on April 27, sources privy to the matter said on Sunday.
Sources said that the premier will also perform Umrah on the sidelines of the visit and added that PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz and JUI-F Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman will accompany the premier.
The newly elected government has removed the names of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Punjab Chief Minister-elect Hamza Shahbaz, PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz from the Exit Control List (ECL) under a new policy.
On April 22, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah announced the newly elected government had brought about changes in the rules for having an individual’s name on the ECL, and through it, several thousands of people will have their names removed from the list.
The names of more than 100 political personalities including PM Shehbaz Sharif, Asif Ali Zardari, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, Faryal Talpur, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Saad Rafique, Khawaja Asif, and others have been removed from the ECL.
The names were placed on the ECL on the recommendations of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
Sources said that the names which were placed on ECL on the orders of courts and security institutes will not be removed from the list.
Sources said that the names which were placed for 4 months on the ECL will be removed from the list.
