NAB - Interior Ministry on loggerhead over placing Sharifs on ECL
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ISLAMABAD - National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and the interior ministry have 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 may attempt to leave the country before the trials conclude.
The ministry has reportedly been refusing to entertain NAB’s request on the grounds that it would place the Sharif family members’ names on the ECL only on a court’s order.
The NAB officials, on the other hand, say that this is just a “delaying tactic” by the ministry since according to NAB the ministry has never refused their requests about putting people’s names on ECL, before.
Currently, a four-member committee headed by an additional secretary of the ministry places or deletes names from the ECL on the recommendations of courts, tribunals and agencies.
The ministry, however, has decided to strip the committee of its powers to regulate the ECL, according to the media outlet. A new summary has been devised in this regard, which if passed, will only allow the interior minister or secretary to insert or delete names from the list. The summary has yet to be sent to the federal cabinet.
