ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to again put the name of PML-N President and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif on the Exit Control List (ECL).

The government also made the decision to place the name of former Sindh chief minister and veteran PPP leader Syed Qaim Ali Shah on the ECL.

The federal cabinet approved the summary through circulation in this regard, the sources further said.

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The summary was forwarded by the Interior Ministry on the recommendation of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).

According to the sources in the Cabinet Divisions, Shebaz Sharif’s name was already on the ECL but still the government has given approval to again place his name on the ECL.

Through a separate summary, the government also decided to list the name of former principal secretary Fawad Hassan Fawad on the ECL.