Ch Nisar suspends officials for putting Ahmad Raza Kasuri on ECL
He also directed the officials to apologize over the incident
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar on Wednesday suspended the airport officials that offloaded vocal government critic Ahmad Raza Kasuri and family and directed to return their passports, Dunya News reported.
According to details, Chaudhry Nisar took notice of yesterday’s incident where Kasuri and his family were offloaded from a flight because of having their names in the Exit Control List (ECL).
Chaudhry Nisar suspended the officials responsible for the incident and directed the passports be immediately returned and names be removed from the ECL.
He said that as per the new regulation, a name can only be put up in the ECL on an order from an investigating institution or on court’s recommendation.
The Federal Minister said that the name of supermodel Ayyan Ali – facing trial for money laundering – has not been entered in the ECL.
He also directed the officials to apologize to Kasuri over the misunderstanding, adding that the abuse of ECL regulations for personal, political or financial disputes will not be tolerated.
