Chaudhry sugar mills case: Govt decides to put Maryam Nawaz on ECL
- By Web Desk -
- Jan 13, 2020
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Monday decided to put the name of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz on the Exit Control List (ECL) in Chaudhry sugar mills case, ARY News reported, citing sources.
The federal cabinet’s sub-committee has decided to place Maryam Nawaz’s name on ECL after the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had recommended putting the PML-N leader on ECL.
This recommendation was made in a letter penned by the NAB Lahore to the Interior Ministry to place Maryam’s name on the ECL in Chaudhry Sugar Mills case.
It is to be mentioned here that Maryam Nawaz’s name is already placed on the Exit Control List (ECL) in Al Azizia reference, which she had challenged in the LHC. The high court is set to Maryam Nawaz’s plea seeking removal of her name from the ECL on January 15.
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On December 24, last year, the federal cabinet had decided not to remove the name of Maryam Nawaz from Exit Control List.
Chaudhry Sugar Mills case
The Sharif family has been accused of using CSM for money-laundering and illegal transfer of its shares.
According to NAB, the family took a $15 million loan on the pretext to set up the mill despite the fact that it had already been established before the loan was acquired.
The NAB maintains that more than Rs7 million worth of shares were transferred to PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz in 2008 through mill’s shares, which were later transferred to her cousin Yousaf Abbas Sharif in 2010.