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ISLAMABAD: Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly, Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah, has said that after the formal request of National Accountability Bureau (NAB), the Interior Ministry should place the names of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Captain Muhammad Safdar (retd) on the Exit Control List (ECL).

He expressed these views while talking to media persons here at his chamber in the Parliament House on Wednesday.

The law and rules in the country should be the same for everyone. The NAB formally requested the Ministry of Interior to place the names of Nawaz Sharif and his family on the ECL. There is no reference against Sharjeel Memon but still he presented himself before the court. Others have had references presented against them but they are free to roam around, the opposition leader added.

Shah further said that rules and regulations should be the same for those caught in similar cases.

“If now they are being treated like everyone else, let it be,” he added, while indirectly referring to Nawaz Sharif and his family.

When asked if Sharif family members should be added to the ECL, Shah said if the accountability body has asked for it, the Interior Ministry will have to act on it. If they do not act then they should free Memon and remove his name from the ECL.

The NAB dispatched two letters to the ministry, one, asking for the name of Nawaz Sharif to be placed on the ECL, citing him being an accused in the Azizia Mills reference, Flagship reference and Avenfield properties reference.

In the second letter, it requested to place names of Maryam Nawaz and Safdar on the ECL as both are accused in the Avenfield properties reference.