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NAB Puts Onus onto Govt to Strike off Nawaz’s Name from ECL

ISLAMABAD: The matter of removing the name of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif from the Exit Control List (ECL) took a new turn on Monday after the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) asked the federal government to use its discretionary powers to sort out the issue on its own.

The ailing former premier was set to depart for London via Doha earlier today along with his brother Shehbaz Sharif and family physician Dr Adnan Khan following bail on medical grounds.

However, the departure had to be postponed since his name was yet to be removed from the no-fly list.

The anti-graft watchdog, in its reply, maintained the federal government had also used the same powers in different similar cases in the past.

Earlier, the Ministry of Interior referred the matter of removing Nawaz’s name from ECL to the NAB after receiving an application from Shehbaz Sharif. However, the ball has been thrown back in the interior ministry’s court with the anti-corruption watchdog’s response.