ISLAMABAD – National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and the interior ministryhave been at odds with each other over placing Sharif’s name on ECL.

This request was put forward by NAB over the suspicion that the Sharifs mayattempt to leave the country before the trials conclude.

The ministry has reportedly been refusing to entertain NAB’s request on thegrounds that it would place the Sharif family members’ names on the ECLonly on a court’s order.

The NAB officials, on the other hand, say that this is just a “delayingtactic” by the ministry since according to NAB the ministry has neverrefused their requests about putting people’s names on ECL, before.

Currently, a four-member committee headed by an additional secretary of theministry places or deletes names from the ECL on the recommendations ofcourts, tribunals and agencies.

The ministry, however, has decided to strip the committee of its powers toregulate the ECL, according to the media outlet. A new summary has beendevised in this regard, which if passed, will only allow the interiorminister or secretary to insert or delete names from the list. The summaryhas yet to be sent to the federal cabinet.