PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
The decision comes after the federal cabinet in a meeting, headed by the premier, approved the decision of its sub-committee of not removing the name of the PML-N leader from the no-fly list.
It was announced by Special Assistant to the Prime Minster (SAPM) on information and broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan in a media briefing in Islamabad.
The cabinet sub-committee was directed by the Lahore High Court (LHC) to review Maryam’s plea seeking the return of her passport and one-time permission to fly to London for six weeks to see her ailing father, ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
The LHC will once again take up the petition of the PML-N leader on December 26.
Cabinet to decide Maryam’s request today, LHC told
Speaking to reporters in the federal capital on Monday, PTI leader Dr Babar Awan had said Maryam’s application for removal of her name from the Exit Control List (ECL) had been rejected by the federal cabinet’s sub-committee that deals with such cases.
“The sub-committee has decided against allowing a convict to leave Pakistan. There is no such provision in the law. If anyone wants this condition included then the matter will have to be taken up in parliament,” Dr Awan said.
The PML-N vice-president was arrested in August by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in connection with an investigation pertaining to the Chaudhry Sugar Mills.
She was granted post-arrest bail by an LHC bench against two surety bonds worth Rs20 million and deposit of an additional Rs70 million. She was also ordered to surrender her passport to secure release.
Maryam had moved the LHC days after her father had was allowed to travel to London for medical treatment accompanied by his younger brother Shehbaz Sharif in November.
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