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Imran thanks govt for adding his name to no-fly listBreaking

May 26, 2023

Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan has thanked the sitting PML-N led PDM government for adding his name to no- fly list, says he has no plans to travel abroad. He tweeted,” I want to thank the government for putting my name on the ECL as I have no plans to travel abroad, because I neither have any properties or businesses abroad nor even a bank account outside the country. “If and when I do get an opportunity for a holiday, it will be in our northern mountains, my favourite place on earth” he added. It was worth mentioned here that the government on Thursday placed the names of PTI Chairman Imran Khan, his wife Bushra Bibi and dozens of other leaders who have or still not quit the party on the “no-fly list” on the grounds that they might flee abroad. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Interior and Legal Affairs Attaullah Tarar confirmed to that names of the deposed premier, his wife and several other PTI leaders had been added to the “no-fly list”.

He refrained from using the term “Exit Control List” (ECL). The SAPM, who has the status of a federal minister, further said former and incumbent PTI leaders including Qasim Suri, Murad Saeed, Hammad Azhar, Yasmin Rashid and Aslam Iqbal were also among those whose names had been added to the list. The names of those, who have recently parted ways with the PTI including Asad Umar and Maleeka Bokhari, have also been included in the list in an attempt to keep them in the country. Though the no-fly list or ECL is a legal tool to restrict the movement of ‘dangerous’ individuals and stop them from flying abroad, the names of political opponents have continuously been added to it by successive governments for years now.

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