Interior Ministry puts former federal minister Javed Qazi, others on ECL

Interior Ministry puts former federal minister Javed Qazi, others on ECL

Islamabad (Staff Report): The Interior Ministry on Monday put former federal minister for railways and communication lieutenant general (retd) Javed Ashraf Qazi on the Exit Control List (ECL).

The sources reported that the former federal minister and three army officers have been put in the Exit Control List after the request of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).

The former chairman railway board lieutenant general (retd) Saeed-ul-Zafar has also been placed on the list. Former general manager railways major general (retd) Hamid Hasan Butt and Brigadier (retd) Akhtar Ali were also placed on the ECL.

The sources said that the officials face allegations of transferring railway land to Royal Palm Golf Club and they allegedly caused a loss of more than Rs2 billion to the national exchequer.