Lahore NAB asks headquarters to position Shehbaz Sharif’s title on ECL

The request was made to position Sharif’s title on the no-fly listing as he’s being investigated in an property past means case and is accused of cash laundering. The previous Punjab chief minister has denied all fees of wrongdoing.

Nevertheless, the inside ministry officers didn’t affirm receiving any letter from the NAB Headquarters on the difficulty.

NAB Lahore wrote a letter to the DG Operations NAB Headquarters on April 28, recommending that the PML-N president be positioned on the ECL as there have been a number of investigations in opposition to him, his sons Hamza Shehbaz, Suleman Shehbaz and others, sources stated.

The entire above-mentioned are being probed in property past means and cash laundering circumstances.

In line with a duplicate of the letter, NAB Lahore acknowledged that through order dated 22-04-2021, the Lahore Excessive Court docket (LHC) granted bail to the accused Shehbaz Sharif, whereas no orders concerning the position of his title on the ECL or asking the PML-N chief to give up his passport have been issued.

“Because the presence of the accused is required to face the trial, it is strongly recommended that the title of Mian Shehbaz Sharif be positioned on the ECL for the graceful trial of the reference no 22/2020,” the letter learn.

The letter additional talked about that the NAB HQ was earlier requested to position Shehbaz Sharif’s title on the ECL and whereas the Ministry of Inside was requested via letter No 3-1(1)285/L/WII/NAB/Dy Dir (ECL) dated 19.02.19 and resultantly Ministry of Inside vide letter No12/46/2019-ECL dated 21.02.2019 confirmed the position of accused Shehbaz Sharif on the ECL.

The letter additional acknowledged that thereafter the accused Mian Shehbaz Sharif filed a writ petition with the LHC for elimination of his title from the ECL and a subsequent LHC order put aside the memorandum of the Ministry of Inside.

The letter acknowledged that on this regard one other request for the position of Shehbaz Sharif’s title on the ECL was forwarded to the NAB HQ in Islamabad.

In response, the prosecutor-general NAB HQ, in a letter, had conveyed that as a substitute of inserting the title of the accused on the ECL, it has authorized to position, earlier than the Supreme Court docket of Pakistan, the fabric collected in opposition to the accused to position his title on the ECL.

The letter acknowledged {that a} reference (ACR No 22/2020) has been filed in opposition to Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, Mrs Nusrat Shehbaz, Hamza Shehbaz, Suleman Shehbaz, Muhammad Usman, and 11 others and the stated reference was filed on August 20, 2020, on the allegations that the suspects had amassed disproportionate property to the tune of Rs7,328 million via dishonest means. It stated the suspects had been additionally responsible of the offence of cash laundering, with the case pending earlier than an accountability court docket in Lahore.

The letter acknowledged that the names of all individuals besides Shehbaz Sharif had been positioned on the ECL and 11 different accused with Shehbaz Sharif had been dealing with trial.

The letter additional acknowledged that 5 of the accused had been declared proclaimed offenders within the case.