ISLAMABAD: Caretaker information and law minister Ali Zafar said onThursday that the government will decide on placing former prime ministerNawaz Sharif’s name on the Exit Control List (ECL) once he has returned tothe country.
Addressing the media, Zafar said the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)has requested the federal government to place the former premier and hisdaughter Maryam Nawaz on the no-fly list owing to the corruption casesunder way against them.
Nawaz and Maryam, accused in three NAB references, left for London on June14 to tend to Nawaz’s ailing wife Kulsoom. The caretaker minister explainedthat it is not appropriate to place Nawaz and Maryam on the ECL at themoment as Begum Kulsoom’s medical condition is critical.
He added that a committee has been formed over the issue of placing theformer premier and his daughter on ECL.