NAB seeks placement of Sharif family's names on ECL

National Accountability Bureau (NAB) again requested Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Monday to place the names of accused former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter, two sons and son-in-law on Exit Control List (ECL). A NAB official said the decision to place names of the Sharif family members on no-fly list was made by Chairman NAB former Justice Javed Iqbal and a letter was sent to the Ministry of Interior in this regard on February 14, 2018.
According to the letter written to the Ministry of Interior on June 11: "With reference to above referred letter, I am directed to convey that the matter of placing the names of the accused persons on ECL in the subject matter is required to be re-considered and be placed afresh before the sub-committee of the Cabinet. This matter is agitated again in view of the fact that references against the subject accused persons are at the final stages of trial. There is apprehension that they may leave the country to avoid legal outcome of the judgments which are expected to be announced shortly."
The Bureau has again requested the Interior Ministry to place the names of the accused on the ECL as there is a possibility that they can flee the country to avoid the process of law, an official said.
Nawaz Sharif, Hussain Nawaz, Hassan Nawaz, Maryam Nawaz and Captain Muhammad Safdar (retd) are accused in Avenfield, Flagship Investments and Al-Azizia Steel Mills and Hill Metals Establishment references.
According to the allegations mentioned in the earlier letter sent to the Ministry of Interior, in compliance with the Supreme Court order of July 28, 2017 in constitution petition number 29/2016, investigations into the allegations of corruption and corrupt practices and amassing assets beyond means, against the subject accused were conducted and references were filed in the Accountability Court, which are pending adjudication there is a likelihood that they can flee abroad to avoid the process of law.
About Hussain Nawaz and Hassan Nawaz, the letter said that the two accused persons have been declared proclaimed offenders by the trial court and in case they return to Pakistan, they will be arrested on their arrival to produce them before the court for finalization of the cases pending against them.