Six key aides of Imran barred from going abroad

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has placed names of six key aides of former prime minister Imran Khan on the “Stop list”, barring them from travelling abroad without permission, sources said Sunday.

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PM’s former principal secretary Azam Khan, ex-special assistant to PM on political communication Shahbaz Gill. Ex-adviser to PM on interior and accountability Shahzad Akbar. Also Director-General Anti Corruption Punjab Gohar Nafees, and DG Federal Investigation Agency Punjab Zone ll Mohammad Rizwan’s names have added to the list. Sources added.

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PTI’s head of social media Dr Arsalan Khalid’s name has also added to the list, sources said. The FIA had reactivate the process of ‘stop-list’ at all airports in 2015. To stop the wanted people trying to leave the country due to exhausting process of Exist Control List (ECL). The move helped the FIA to stop any person wanted in heinous crimes from leaving the country on an emergency basis. Even his name is not put on the ECL.

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