Interior Ministry received NAB's request to include Shehbaz's name on ECL

ISLAMABAD (92 News) - The Interior Ministry has received NAB's request to include Shehbaz Sharif's name on the ECL.

A joint meeting of the interior and law ministries would be called tomorrow to take a decision regarding the matter.

The NAB has approached Interior Ministry to put name of the PML-N president on the ECL. The corruption watchdog body penned a letter to the Interior Ministry, asking it to place Shahbaz Sharif's name on ECL.

The NAB cited that Shehbaz was a prime accused in a money laundering reference, besides according to sources, also recommending to place other suspects in the case on the ECL.

The NAB has sought the measures in light of a letter written from its Lahore bureau on 28 April and today after approval from NAB Chairman Justice retd Javed Iqbal, a letter has been conveyed to the interior ministry for its implementation.

On Tuesday, the anti-graft watchdog body also decided to file an appeal in the Supreme Court (SC), seeking suspension of bail granted to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif.

The opposition leader in the National Assembly was granted bail by the Lahore High Court in the month of April in a money laundering case. The prosecution team of the NAB has started preparation to file a plea in the SC.