Summary Bukhari is a close aide to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The interior ministry on Wednesday placed the name of Zulfi Bukhari on Exit Control List (ECL) on the request of National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
Bukhari is a close aide to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, and was in charge of Mr Khan’s campaign in NA-53.
A sub-committee of cabinet headed by interim interior minister Azam Khan approved NAB’s request.
On July 7, Justice Aamer Farooq of the Islamabad High Court while accepting Bukhari’s petition ordered removal of his name from the blacklist of the interior ministry, enabling him to travel abroad without any constraint.
The plea came following the June 11 incident when Bukhari was briefly stopped from boarding a chartered flight at the Noor Khan Airbase from where he wanted to travel to Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah along with Imran Khan, his wife, Aleem Khan and others.
Bukhari’s departure was a shocking development for NAB as the anti-corruption watchdog was not informed why an accused on the Exit Control List (ECL) was allowed to leave the country.
It was later revealed by the ministry in IHC that Bukhari was placed on the blacklist as a precautionary measure in response to a request from NAB to include his name on the ECL, because the subcommittee tasked with approving the inclusion of names in the ECL was dysfunctional at the time the request was sent.
