ISLAMABAD: The government has placed Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and National Assembly Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif on the Exit Control List (ECL), Minister for Interior Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed announced on Monday. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Rasheed said that Shehbaz had not submitted any documents to support his request for medical treatment or specified the treatment for his illness. The absconding members of the Sharif family include deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif, Ishaq Dar, Abid Sher Ali and Shehbaz’s son Suleman Shahbaz. Rasheed further said that the Ministry of Interior issued the notification after receiving approval from the cabinet, adding Shehbaz had two weeks to request a review of the decision. It said that the court order had been announced and read over in the presence of the deputy attorney general and two deputy directors (law) of the agency.

Source: Pakistan Today May 17, 2021 06:50 UTC