Former PM Nawaz Sharif faces the worst setback: Report
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*ISLAMABAD: **Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif faces the worst setback, Media Report has claimed.*
*Tickets of ailing former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his brother Shehbaz Sharif and Dr Adnan were canceled on Monday, as his name remains on the Exit Control List (ECL).*
Nawaz Sharif accompanied by his brother Shehbaz Sharif and family physician Dr Adnan were scheduled to leave for London, today for treatment, via link Airways commercial flight QR 629 link from Lahore.
Sources confirmed that tickets were canceled by the Sharif family over non-removal of elder Sharif’s name from the ECL.
It may be noted that last week, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had opposed the removal of prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s name from the Exit Control List (ECL).
According to sources, the NAB in a response to a letter penned by the Interior Ministry had advised seeking a legal opinion from the Law Ministry over the matter of removing Nawaz Sharif’s name from the ECL.
“Several cases are under trial against Nawaz Sharif, we cannot give positive response unconditionally over the matter”, the letter reads.
The federal government has allowed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to travel abroad for medical treatment after his health deteriorated.