Cabinet committee recommends name of Chairman PTI, other to be placed in ECL

• A meeting of sub-committee on ECL of federal cabinet was held.
• Interior Minister Sarfaraz Bugti chaired meeting of sub-committee.
• Sub-committee recommended putting names of 41 people on ECL.

ISLAMABAD: A sub-committee of the Federal Cabinet has recommended the names of Chairman Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) along with 29 others in the Exit Control Lists in the 190 million pound scam.

A meeting of the sub-committee on ECL of the federal cabinet was held in which the caretaker interior minister Sarfaraz Bugti, the caretaker Minister of Communication Shahid Ashraf, and the officers of the Ministry of interior and other institutions participated while the various types of cases related to ECL were reviewed in the meeting.

The cabinet sub-committee has recommended putting the names of 41 people on ECL, in which 29 others, including chairman PTI, have been recommended to be given ECL on the recommendation of NAB in the £190 million scam.

Sources said that the committee has also recommended the names of Shahzad Akbar, Zulfi Bukhari, Farah Gogi, and property tycoon to be included in the ECL.

The committee also recommended the removal of 13 different types of cases from ECL and on the instructions of judiciary, names of seven persons have been recommended to be removed from ECL.

Apart from this, out of the appeals presented for review, it has been recommended to remove the names of three persons from the ECL.

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The recommendations of the cabinet sub-committee will be sent to the caretaker federal cabinet for final approval.