ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Saturday transferred Interior Ministry’s Additional Secretary Sher Afgan Niazi to the Economic Affairs Division for reportedly endorsing the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) request of placing names of Sharif family members on Exit Control List (ECL).
According to reports, there was dissension within the Interior Ministry over the inclusion of Sharif family members’ names on the no-fly list. A notification of Niazi’s transfer has also been issued.
Currently, a four-member committee headed by the additional secretary of the ministry places or deletes names from the ECL on the recommendations of courts, tribunals and agencies.
Moreover, a 21-grade officer at Federal Education and Professional Training Division, Imran Ahmed, will replace Niazi as the additional secretary at Interior Ministry.
Earlier on Friday, the Ministry of Interior turned down NAB’s request seeking the inclusion of the names of the Sharif family members on the Exit Control List (ECL) according to a media report.
This request was put forward by NAB over the suspicion that the Sharifs may attempt to leave the country before their trials conclude.
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