Govt will not allow Maryam Nawaz to travel abroad: PM's aide.

ISLAMABAD -- The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government opposes any move to allow Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz to travel abroad, an aide to Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on Monday.

Speaking to reporters in the federal capital, PTI leader Dr Babar Awan 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,' said Dr Awan.

The cabinet sub-committee was directed by the Lahore High Court 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 PML-N vice president was arrested in August by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in connection with an...