Interior Ministry responds over Nawaz Sharif request for name removal from ECL

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Interior on Saturday has responded over NawazSharif request for name removal from ECL.

Interior Ministry has rejected former premier Nawaz Sharif, his daughterand son-in-law’s request seeking removal of his names from the Exit ControlList (ECL).

In October last year, Nawaz, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-lawCaptain (retd) Safdar had separately written letters to the interiorministry seeking removal of their names from the ECL.

According to sources, the Ministry of Interior rejected the petitions ofNawaz, Maryam and Capt (retd) Safdar.

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In the petition, the three had stated that Rule 2 of Exit From PakistanRules 2010 did not apply to them.

The former premier, his daughter and son-in-law stated that they were notinvolved in corruption, misuse of authority, terrorism or any conspiracyand thus their names should be removed from ECL.