ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Interior on Thursday barred more than 600 leaders and former lawmakers of the PTI, including former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi, from leaving the country.
The PTI figures whose names have been added to the Exit Control List (ECL) included Qasim Suri, Asad Umar, Asad Qaiser, Aslam Iqbal, Yasmin Rashid, Murad Saeed, Maleeka Bukhari, Fawad Chaudhry and Hammad Azhar.
he names have been added to the FIA’s Provisional National Identification List (PNIL) to prevent them from going abroad, added the sources.
Moreover, the former prime minister’s wife Bushra Bibi’s name has also been added to the list. Apart from that, the list includes Murad Saeed, Maleeka Bokhari, Fawad Chaudhry, Hammad Azhar, Qasim Suri, Asad Qaiser, Yasmin Rashid and Mian Aslam Iqbal.
Some PTI leaders and office-bearers reportedly tried to leave the country in the last three days, however, they were stopped at the airports.
In a bid to stop them from leaving the country, their names were sent by the police, the counter-terrorism department (CTD), and intelligence agencies.
Thousands of party workers and leaders were arrested during the crackdown on the PTI since May 9 for the party’s alleged involvement in the riots that claimed at least 8 lives and injured dozens of others.
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