ISLAMABAD: A petition has been filed in Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking placement of names of former Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif, his sons, daughter and son in law in Exit Control List (ECL).
The Interior Ministry, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) director general, Immigration Passport director, Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz, Hassan Nawaz, Hussain Nawaz, Capt (Retd) Safdar and Ishaq Dar have been made respondents in the petition.
The petitioner, advocate Abdul Wahid a, a lawyer of IHC has requested the court through his petition that ban be imposed on the sale and purchase of the properties of these persons due to the decision of Supreme Court (SC) and their accounts be also freezed.
He prayed that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) will file references against them as per orders of SC. If they go outside the country then they will not return. Money trail offence has been proved against them. They are not bringing back the national wealth in Pakistan they have looted, therefore, names of Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz, Hassan Nawaz, Hussain Nawaz and Capt (Retd) Safdar be placed in ECL, he requested.