Today’s outlook: Coronavirus toll reaches 18,797, PM in Saudi Arabia
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Here are some stories from across Pakistan which we are expecting to follow today (Saturday).
Pakistan reported 120 deaths and 4,109 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours. The positivity ratio stands at 8.54%. The country has so far reported 854,240 cases and 18,797 deaths.
Prime Minister Imran Khan and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met at Royal Court, Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah early Saturday morning. They discussed ways to expand bilateral cooperation. The PM arrived in Saudi Arabia for a three-day visit. He will perform Umrah in Makkah.
PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal’s name put on no-fly ECL list
He was indicted in the Narowal Sports City case SAMAA | Abbas Shabbir - Posted: May 7, 2021 | Last Updated: 8 hours ago SAMAA | Abbas Shabbir Posted: May 7, 2021 | Last Updated: 8 hours ago
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The Interior Ministry has placed PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal s name on the Exit Control List.
It was included in the no-fly list on the National Accountability Bureau s request over the Narowal Sports City Complex case. The case is being heard by an accountability court in Islamabad.
The federal cabinet approved the decision on Friday.
Iqbal, a former interior minister, is accused of causing losses worth billions to the national exchequer by initiating the sports city project in his home constituency.
PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal added to no-fly list
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Interior ministry adds Iqbal s name to list on request by NAB.
NAB is investigating him on corruption charges in the Narowal Sports City Complex case.
ISLAMABAD: PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal s name has been added to the Exit Control List by the interior ministry, sources said Friday.
The former federal minister is accused of causing losses worth billions to the national exchequer by initiating the Narowal Sports City Complex project in his home constituency.
The National Accountability Bureau says the sports city project was conceived on the instruction of Iqbal without any feasibility in 1999. This project was first called the Sports Stadium Narowal.
PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal now on Exit Control List
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Fri, May 07, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The interior ministry added on Friday the name of PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal to the Exit Control List.
Iqbal s name was added to the no-fly list on request by the National Accountability Bureau, which is investigating him in the Narowal Sports City Complex corruption reference.
The former federal minister is accused of causing losses worth billions to the national exchequer by initiating the sports city project in his home constituency.
NAB the sports city project was conceived on the instruction of Iqbal without any feasibility in 1999. This project was first called the Sports Stadium Narowal.
PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal s name included in no-fly list
Cabinet okays request by NAB probing alleged irregularity in allocation of funds
PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal talking to media persons in Lahore on March 26, 2021. SCREENGRAB
LAHORE:
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ahsan Iqbal s name was included in the Exit Control List (ECL) on Friday, following the approval by the federal cabinet in this regard.
Iqbal s name was included in the no-fly list following the National Accountability Bureau s (NAB) plea. The top graft-watchdog has been probing his alleged involvement in the Narowal Sports City Complex case.
According to the reference filed against him, the PML-N leader invested 90 per cent of the funds of the inter-provincial coordination ministry in Narowal.