Govt considering various options for removal of Nawaz's name from ECL
Govt is considering the option of submitting security bonds to allow Nawaz to travel abroad.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government on Tuesday is considering various options regarding the removal of former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif’s name from the Exit Control List (ECL).
Sources said that a federal cabinet meeting presided over by Prime Minister Imran Khan failed to take final decision for the removal of ex-prime minister’s name from the Exit Control List (ECL).
The federal cabinet is considering the option of submitting security bonds to allow the PML-N supremo to travel abroad.
Earlier, the second round of federal cabinet’s subcommittee meeting – headed by Law Minister Farogh Naseem –deliberated on removal of former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif’s name from the Exit Control List (ECL).
The subcommittee members had expressed strong anger over the accountability watchdog and asked it to clarify its viewpoint after talking to a ‘competent authority’.
Let it be known that the subcommittee is preparing its recommendations in the ongoing session and will forward them to the federal cabinet which will take the final decision under Prime Minister Imran Khan.
It had been learnt that notices regarding the subcommittee meeting were issued to all parties – including Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif, Secretary Health Punjab and medical board – to ensure their presence with required documents.
PML-N leader Ataullah Tarar is representing party president Shehbaz Sharif – who had filed the application to remove Nawaz Sharif’s name from the ECL – in the meeting.
Earlier on Monday, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) said the government itself should look into the matter of excluding Nawaz Sharif’s name from the ECL. The anti-graft watchdog had returned the matter to the interior ministry after it sent the PML-N supreme leader’s medical reports to the NAB.
Nawaz Sharif was scheduled to travel UK on Qatar Airways flight QR629 yesterday. However, his ticket had been canceled as the authorities did not remove his name from the ECL.
