ISLAMABAD – PML N Leader Ch Nisar Ali Khan has advised Nawaz Sharif toavoid confrontation with the state institutions.
He said my suggestion to Nawaz Sharif that we should not move towardsfighting with judiciary, state institutions,” he said while addressing apress conference here.
The former interior minister also talked at length about his speech onFriday in the National Assembly on Friday regarding the government’sfailure to place the Sharif family on the Exit Control List (ECL).
“Certain sections of media did not report my speech properly,” he said.
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) MNA Naveed Qamar in the National Assembly hadquestioned why the name of former premier Nawaz Sharif has not been put onECL yet.
Qamar questioned the procedure for putting someone’s name on the ECL.
Responding to this, Nisar said that the policy regarding putting someone’sname on the ECL has changed. “During my tenure, people’s names were put onECL even after a domestic dispute.”
A committee of the interior ministry makes the decision on whose namesshould be put on ECL now. The roles of interior secretary and otherministers have been finished in this regard, said Nisar.
He remarked that the ECL committee should make its decision on merit,adding that the recommendations made by National Accountability Bureaushould be reviewed and then implemented.