Shahbaz Gill barred from flying out of country

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shahbaz Gill was barred from flying from the Lahore airport to Saudi Arabia by the Federal Investigation Authority (FIA), ARY News reported on Thursday.

Sources told ARY News that the PTI leader reached the airport for travelling to Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah but he was barred from flying out of the country.

Sources added that the FIA immigration wing stopped Shahbaz Gill, claiming that his name was still on the exit control list (ECL).

It is worth mentioning here that the Lahore High Court (LHC) allowed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shahbaz Gill on March 29 to travel to the United States (US) for four weeks.

A three-member bench headed by the LHC chief justice heard Gill’s petition filed against the inclusion of his name in the Exit Control Lists (ECL).

After hearing arguments, the court allowed Shahbaz Gill to travel abroad for one time and ordered the removal of his name from ECL.

The court also sought a response from the federal government regarding the inclusion of Mr Gill’s name in the ECL.

The former special assistant to the prime minister’s name was added to the exit list on the Islamabad administration’s request last year in November.