{"id":333592,"date":"2023-05-27T08:49:19","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T03:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=333592"},"modified":"2023-05-27T08:49:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T03:49:19","slug":"no-plans-to-go-abroad-imran-thanks-govt-for-putting-name-in-ecl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/no-plans-to-go-abroad-imran-thanks-govt-for-putting-name-in-ecl\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No plans to go abroad\u2019, Imran thanks govt for putting name in ECL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> LAHORE<br \/>\nPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Friday thanked the government for putting his name on the Exit Control List (ECL), saying that he has \u201cno plans to travel abroad\u201d.<br \/>\nThe remarks by Imran come a day after the government placed the names of the former prime minister, his wife Bushra Bibi and dozens of other leaders \u2013 who have or still not quit the PTI \u2013 on the \u201cno-fly list\u201d on the grounds that they might flee abroad.<br \/>\nThe deposed premier took to Twitter and said that he has no plans to travel abroad \u201cbecause I neither have any properties or businesses abroad nor even a bank account outside the country.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cIf and when I do get an opportunity for a holiday, it will be in our northern mountains, my favourite place on earth,\u201d he added.<br \/>\nOn Thursday, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Interior and Legal Affairs Attaullah Tarar confirmed to media that names of the deposed premier, his wife and several other PTI leaders had been added to the \u201cno-fly list\u201d.<br \/>\nHe refrained from using the term \u201cExit Control List\u201d (ECL).<br \/>\nThe 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.<br \/>\nThough the no-fly list or ECL is a legal tool to restrict the movement of \u2018dangerous\u2019 individuals and stop them from flying abroad, the names of political opponents have continuously been added to it by successive governments for years now.<br \/>\nThe decision to place the names on the no-fly list has come on the heels of an unspoken strategy of the \u2018powerful circles\u2019 of first arresting PTI leaders in connection with the May 9 vandalism of key government as well as military installations and then making sure that their freedom depended on leaving the party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Friday thanked the government for putting his name on the Exit Control List (ECL), saying that he has \u201cno plans to travel abroad\u201d. 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