Cabinet committee to discuss removal of Maryam Nawaz's name from ECL.

ISLAMABAD -- A meeting of the sub-committee of the federal cabinet has been summoned today to discuss removal of Maryam Nawaz's name from the Exit Control List (ECL), citing sources, media reported on Wednesday.

Sources said that a meeting of the cabinet's sub-committee will be held today under the chair of Federal Minister for Law Farogh Naseem. Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Accountability Shahzad Akbar will also attend the meeting.

PML-N deputy secretary-general, Advocate Ata Tarar, is also summoned who will represent his party's vice president Maryam Nawaz in the meeting, sources added.

It is likely that the sub-committee will also consult the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for striking off her name from the no-fly list.

On December 9, the Lahore High Court (LHC) had forwarded Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice-president Maryam Nawaz's plea seeking the removal of her name from the Exit Control List (ECL) to the...

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