Shahbaz Sharif put on ECL, barred from leaving for London

ISLAMABAD: The interior ministry on Tuesday placed the name of NationalAssembly Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif on Exit Control List (ECL),restraining him from foreign trips for the next thirty days.

Reportedly, the former chief minister of Punjab was scheduled to jet off toLondon to be with his ailing newborn granddaughter, who was diagnosed witha cardiac disease and underwent surgery last week.

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Monday requested the interiorministry to put the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president’s nameon the ‘no-fly list’ amidst an on-going case for owning assets beyonddisclosed sources of income against him.

A summary was made and sent to the federal cabinet in compliance with theanti-graft watchdog’s request. Following its approval, Sharif was placed onECL.

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Sharif was arrested on October 6, 2018, in the Ashiana Housing Scheme scam.