Govt, NAB submit replies over Nawaz Sharif's ECL plea.

LAHORE -- The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in its reply on a plea seeking unconditional removal of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's name from the Exit Control List (ECL), challenged the jurisdiction of the court, media reported on Friday.

The high court was not eligible to hear the petition, NAB said in its reply. Removing a name from the ECL is entrusted with the federal government, the accountability bureau further said.

It is responsibility of the government to ensure production of a convict in court in each hearing.

A high court could hear the case under Article 199 and in view of the decisions of the higher judiciary, Nawaz Sharif's counsel Amjad Pervez argued.

The federal government also in submitted its reply in Lahore High Court (LHC).

A division bench of the high court headed by Justice Ali Baqar Najafi resumed hearing of the petition.

The government in its reply, comprises of...