Placement of Nawaz, others' names on ECL challenged in SC
The petition was submitted by the Watan Party chairman Barrister Zafrullah Khan.
LAHORE (Dunay News) – The placement of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son in law Captain (r) Safdar‘s names on Exit Control List (ECL) challenged in Lahore Supreme Court Registry on Monday.
The petition submitted by the Watan Party chairman Barrister Zafrullah Khan, claimed that Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz and Captain (r) Safdar are already imprisoned and placing their names on ECL is retribution.
The plea statement also requested the court to exclude names of Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz and Captain (r) Safdar from ECL.
The court should issue orders to shift Nawaz and Maryam to their personal residence after declaring it sub-jail, plea added.
Moreover, the federal government, Punjab government, Mian Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz are made party in the petition.
On August 22, Sharif family’s names were placed on ECL on National Accountability Bureau (NAB) request.
Sharif, Maryam and Safdar are currently serving a prison sentence in Adiala jail after they were convicted in a corruption reference regarding their Avenfield properties in London.
Earlier, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) had suspended verdict in case pertaining to the Sharif family’s appeals challenging their conviction in the Avenfield reference by the Accountability Court.
Convicted and sentenced
It is to be mentioned here that former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz and Captain (r) 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 case stemmed from the Panama Papers leak that disclosed expensive and undeclared property owned by the Sharif family in London.
