Pakistan Peoples Party MNA Naveed Qamar questioned why the name of former premier Nawaz Sharif has not been put on Exit Control yet.

 

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party MNA Naveed Qamar questioned why the name of former premier Nawaz Sharif has not been put on Exit Control as yet. 

During the National Assembly session on Friday, Qamar questioned the procedure for putting someone?s name on ECL.

?What the procedure for putting someone?s name on Exit Control List,? he questioned. ?Even when the Panama case was ongoing, and even now with accountability court hearing cases against Sharif family, right or wrong. You put someone?s name on ECL before [court proceedings] start against them. Why is this policy not being followed in this case??

He further remarked that so many times they have to think what cases can be lodged against this person. ?Even before that the person?s name is put on ECL.?

Calling towards prejudice behaviour, he stated: ?These double standards cannot be followed.?

Responding to this Chaudhry Nisar said that the policy regarding putting someone?s name on the ECL has changed. ?During my tenure, people?s names were put on ECL even after a domestic dispute.?

A committee of interior ministry makes the decision on whose names should be put on ECL now. The roles of interior secretary and other ministers have been finished in this regard, said Nisar, who has served as former interior minister.

He remarked that ECL committee should make its decision on merit. The recommendations made by National Accountability Bureau should be reviewed and then implemented.

Nisar, pointing towards Qamar?s remarks, said that the reasons behind this dichotomy of contradiction should be disclosed. ?Why is one person?s name put on ECL, but not the other person's??

If the committee has made this decision then the reasons should be presented before the assembly, he said, adding ?if the committee has not taken this decision then it is the violation of the same merit which they have mentioned.?

If NAB?s recommendations are being ignored then it shows that decisions are being made somewhere else, Nisar added.