Staff Reporter
Islamabad
The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday dismissed the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) appeal to include Pakistan Muslim League-N President Shahbaz Sharif’s name in the Exit Control List (ECL).
A two-member bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Mushir Alam, presided the hearing of NAB’s petition against the Lahore High Court’s decision to remove Shahbaz’s name from the no-fly list in the assets beyond means case.
NAB Prosecutor Jahanzeb Bharwana prayed upon the court that Shahbaz committed corruption due to suspicious transactions, “NAB is also empowered under anti-money laundering law. Many accused escape at inquiry level. Six are absconding in Shahbaz’s reference,” the NAB prosecutor further added.
Bharwana added that PML-N president’s name was removed from the ECL on the orders of the LHC, but now much progress has been made in the case.
To this, Justice Muneeb Akhtar remarked that the travel ban on Shahbaz Sharif was unnecessary at the time of the high court’s orders.
“The court [SC] has interpreted anti-money laundering laws,” the judge said referring to Justice Faiz Isa’s case. “Suspicions transactions do not come under corruption. NAB did not even bother to read the verdict of Justice Isa’s case.” “It is known that the accountability court has jurisdiction, but NAB included Shahbaz Sharif’s name in the ECL during the inquiry,” the top court remarked.
