Pakistan: 28 people including Imran will not be able to leave Pakistan! Recommendation to put name in ECL

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Pakistan’s interim government on Wednesday recommended putting the names of former Prime Minister Imran Khan and 28 others in the ‘Exit Control List’ (ECL) to prevent them from fleeing the country. The government has made this recommendation citing his alleged involvement in a corruption case.

A leading newspaper of the country has reported in its report that a sub-committee of the Federal Cabinet has recommended placing the names of PTI party chief Imran Khan and 28 others in the ECL in the Al-Qadir Trust case.

The case alleges that former Prime Minister Imran and his wife Bushra Bibi acquired billions of rupees and hundreds of kanals of land from Bahria Town Limited to launder the fifty billion rupees that were identified by Britain during the Khan-led government. and returned to the country.

Imran was arrested from the premises of Islamabad High Court in this case earlier this year. However, the Supreme Court declared his arrest illegal, after which he was released.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party chief Imran Khan is currently lodged in Adiala jail in the case of leaking confidential diplomatic cables (cypher). He was arrested again by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on 14 November in the Al-Qadir Trust case.

The country’s Home Ministry said in a post on social media platform ‘X’ that the meeting of the sub-committee of the Union Cabinet was attended by interim Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti and officials of other departments. It said, the committee has recommended putting the names of 41 people sent by various departments and institutions in the ECL. On the recommendation of NAB, names of 29 people including Imran Khan have been recommended to be included in ECL.

Apart from this, the ministry said, it has also been recommended to remove 13 cases from ECL. The courts have demanded removal of seven names from ECL. It further said that the recommendations have been sent to the federal cabinet for approval.