LHC petiti­on states cabine­t issued memora­ndum arbitr­arilyLAHORE: Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif has approached the Lahore High Court, challenging the decision of the federal government to place his name on the Exit Control List (ECL). It states that the memorandum of February 21 was passed in an arbitrary manner in violation of law and facts. Therefore, it asks the court to set aside the memorandum of the government and order removal of his name from the ECL. Meanwhile, the same bench on Thursday issued notice to NAB on an application of Shehbaz about non-provision of copies of witnesses’ statements recorded in the trial court against him. Shehbaz’s counsel argued that a request had been made to the trial court for the provision of the copies but the application was rejected without any reason.

Source: The Express Tribune March 01, 2019 04:07 UTC