The Pakistan government has refused to allow PML-N vice-president Maryam Nawaz to travel abroad. The government has said that no person involved in economic crimes and institutional frauds can be allowed to leave the country. According to a media report on Monday, Maryam (46 years), the daughter of former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, was named 'No Fly List' (list of individuals whose commercial aircraft flew) in August 2018 after a case of alleged corruption Was put into prohibited.
A Pakistani newspaper quoted Babar Awan, the Prime Minister's advisor and senior advocate on legal matters, as saying, "The government is not considering their application to remove the name from the no-fly list because of the rule to include the names of people in the exit control list". Can. ' The sub-committee of the federal cabinet, which deals with the Exit Control List (ECL), headed by Law Minister Farog Naseem, rejected Mariam's application. Awan said that she was seeking this facility to go to London to take care of her ailing father.
PML-N supremo Sharif went to London on 19 November to undergo treatment in an air ambulance, a month after he was granted bail for seven years in jail for corruption charges. Citing ECL rules, Awan said that even if a person has valid travel documents to move out of Pakistan, the government can prevent a person involved in corruption and damage to government funds from going out of the country.
He said that no person involved in economic crime and institutional fraud could be allowed to leave the country, so Maryam would not be allowed to leave the country. However, the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) had said in a statement that the government's decision to ban Maryam's foreign visit was not a surprise to anyone as the ruling government always seeks an opportunity to harass the PML-N leadership.
