Summary National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had proposed to include the names in ECL.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The names of former premier Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz s names were placed on the Exit Control List (ECL) on Tuesday after approval from the federal cabinet.
Federal minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Ahmed Chaudhry had made the announcement a day before.
Both Maryam and Sharif are currently serving a prison sentence in Adiala jail after they were convicted in a corruption reference regarding their Avenfield properties in London.
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had proposed to include the names in ECL.
Earlier, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) suspended verdict in case pertaining to the Sharif family’s appeals challenging their conviction in the Avenfield reference by the accountability court.
A division bench of the IHC comprising Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb resumed hearing in the appeals and directed to fix the hearing after summer vacations.
On the other hand, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president has summoned meeting of party leaders in which they will discuss significant matters including presidential elections.
Convicted and sentenced
It is to be mentioned here that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz and Captain Safdar were convicted and sentenced to prison in absentia for ten years, seven years and one year respectively, in Avenfield verdict that is likely to further disrupt an already chaotic campaign for national elections this month.
Maryam Nawaz and Captain (r) Safdar, who were candidates for the forthcoming general elections were also disqualified from contesting elections for 10 years each.
The sentence and a fine of 8 million pounds, or $10.6 million, came almost a year after Supreme Court removed Sharif from office and less than five months after the court barred him from holding office for life.
Nawaz Sharif was convicted under section 9(a)(5) of the NAB ordinance.
The case stemmed from the Panama Papers leak that disclosed expensive and undeclared property owned by the Sharif family in London.
