The federal cabinet on Monday added Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to the Exit Control List (ECL) due to their involvement in the illegal transfer of 190 million pounds in the Al-Qadir Trust case.
Following the recommendation of NAB Rawalpindi, the cabinet approved the inclusion of the names of Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi in the exit control list through a circular summary.
Earlier, the federal government decided to add the names of 80 people, including PTI Chairman Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi, to the no-fly list.
Those included in the no-fly list and barred from traveling abroad include Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi PTI leaders Murad Saeed, Maleeka Bukhari, Fawad Chaudhry and Hammad Azhar.
What is the Al Qadir Trust case?
Real estate tycoon Malik Riaz recorded his statement with the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) along with former ministers of Imran Khan’s cabinet in the Al Qadir University land allotment case.
The development surfaced on Wednesday as NAB pursues a graft case against Imran Khan.
Others included in the case are former federal overseas minister Zulifiqar Bukhari, and former advisor on accountability Shehzad Akbar are also involved in the case were land was allotted for Al Qadir Trust University in exchange for ensuring that the £190 million (Rs70 billion) seized in the UK are returned to Riaz in Pakistan.