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Names of Shehbaz's wife, two daughters included in ECL

Names of Shehbaz's wife, two daughters included in ECL
October 11, 2020

ISLAMABAD (92 News) - The names of ten members of Sharif family including his PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif's wife and two daughters on Friday have been included in exit control list (ECL) in money laundering case.

According to the details garnered, the federal authorities have put the names of PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif’s wife and two daughters have also been put on no-fly list.

The Federal Cabinet has approved the summary and barred the listed people from traveling abroad till the conclusion of the case. 

The names were put on the no-fly list on the recommendation of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) following approval of the federal cabinet. Besides the three members of the Shehbaz family, the names of seven other people linked with the case were also placed on the ECL.

On September 28, National Accountability Bureau (NAB) team had arrested Shehbaz Sharif in money laundering case after Lahore High Court (LHC) rejected his bail plea.

On Aug 17, the national graft buster filed Rs7 billion money laundering and assets beyond means reference against the Shehbaz family, including his wife Nusrat Shehbaz, sons – Hamza Shehbaz and Suleman Shehbaz – and two daughters, Rabia Imran and Javeria Ali.

Suleman is a proclaimed offender in the case. The other accused named in the reference include Nisar Ahmed, Syed Muhammad Tahir Naqvi, Ali Muhammad Khan, Qasim Qayyum, Rashid Karamat, Masroor Anwar.

The bureau approved requests by Muhammad Mushtaq alias Mushtaq Cheeni, his son Yasir Mushtaq, Shahid Rafique, and Aftab to turn approvers against Shehbaz family in the case.