Times of Islamabad

Hamza Shahbaz Sharif name removed from blacklist

Hamza Shahbaz Sharif name removed from blacklist

LAHORE – The interior ministry removed the name of Leader of Opposition inthe Punjab Assembly Hamza Shehbaz’s name from blacklist.

Hamza had filed a petition in the court while making interior ministry,passport immigration authorities and NAB parties in the case.

The applicant pleaded with the court to order the interior ministry forremoval of his name from the no-fly list as “freedom of movement, mobilityrights, or the right to travel is one of the basic human rights,encompassing the right of individuals to travel from one place to another.”

The application further stated that the applicant came to know that hisname was put on the blacklist when he was prevented from boarding a flightin November while he was being investigated by the National AccountabilityBureau (NAB) over ‘possession of assets beyond known sources of income’ andthe Ramzan Sugar Mills case.

The application said that Hamza Shehbaz has been appearing in theinvestigation and coordinating with the NAB officials in the cases.