Govt removes PM Shahbaz, Nawaz, Maryam names from stop list
ISLAMABAD: The Interior Ministry has removed at least 100 names from Exit Control List including Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif, Vice-President Maryam Nawaz and other party leaders.
The names of these personalities were put on ECL on the recommendation of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).
Official sources said that the names of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Ahsan Iqbal have also been removed from ECL.
Official sources further said that the process of removing names from ECL under the new policy would continue for the next few days.
Earlier, previous government had included the names of Shahbaz Sharif, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Ahsan Iqbal in the ECL and they were barred from going abroad.
