Ahsan Iqbal added to ECL
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May 8, 2021
ISLAMABAD: PMLN leader Ahsan Iqbal s name has been added to the Exit Control List (ECL) 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. Former Pakistan Sports Board director-general Akhtar Nawaz Ganjera, Sarfraz Rasool, ministry of planning officer Asif Sheikh and a private contractor named Muhammad Ahmed were also charged for their involvement in the case.
The federal government has placed Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MNA Ahsan Iqbal on the Exit Control List (ECL).
The Interior Ministry has placed PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal’s name on 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.
According to NAB officials, the Pakistan Sports Board illegally used its authority for the construction of the sports city. 14 stadiums were meant to be constructed as part of the project, which was initiated in 2009.
Top Story
May 8, 2021
ISLAMABAD: PMLN leader Ahsan Iqbal s name has been added to the Exit Control List (ECL) 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. Read more: Accountability court indicts PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal in corruption case It was initially approved at a cost of Rs34.74 million by the Central Development Working Party (CDWP), which Iqbal headed. NAB maintains that Iqbal illegally directed the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) and NESPAK to increase the project s scope, enhancing the cost to Rs97.52 million.
PMLN leader Ahsan Iqbal added to ECL
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May 8, 2021
ISLAMABAD: PMLN leader Ahsan Iqbal s name has been added to the Exit Control List (ECL) 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.
Read more: Accountability court indicts PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal in corruption case
Daily Times Court gives PML-N president one-time permission to travel abroad on medical grounds Seeks report from government, FIA, Immigration and Passports DG by next hearing
May 8, 2021
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday allowed Opposition Leader in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif to travel abroad for medical check-up.
Justice Ali Baqar Najafi passed the orders on a petition filed by Shehbaz Sharif for removing his name from the blacklist. The court allowed Shehbaz Sharif one-time visit to United Kingdom from May 8 to July 5 for medical check-up. Presiding over the hearing, Justice Ali Baqar Najafi also directed the government and the Federal Investigation Agency along with the director-general of Immigration and Passports to submit a report to the court on or before the next hearing. “Dispensation sought for is allowed subject to all just and legal exceptions. Keeping in view the past conduct and travel history, the fact that name of the petitioner is not in Exit Co