Thanks Shehbaz-led govt for adding my name to ECL,Imran

PTI chief says he’ll go for holidays in Pakistan’s mountains instead,

Lahore_ Imran Khan on Friday thanked incumbents for putting his name on the no-fly list.

His response comes a day after the Ministry of Interior placed the names of hundreds of PTI workers, including former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi, on the no-fly list.The deposed premier took to Twitter and penned he has no plans to travel abroad because he neither has “any properties or businesses abroad” nor even a bank account outside the country.

“I want to thank the government for putting my name on the ECL,” Mr Khan said.

However, if he does get an opportunity to go for a holiday, Khan said he will choose the country’s northern mountains terming the sites as his “favourite place on earth.”

“If and when I do get an opportunity for a holiday, it will be in our northern mountains, my favourite place on earth,” he added.

According to the sources, Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi has also been placed on the list which also includes PTI politicians Murad Saeed, Maleeka Bokhari, Fawad Chaudhry, Hammad Azhar, Qasim Suri, Asad Qaiser, Yasmin Rashid and Mian Aslam Iqbal.

The sources further claimed that some of the PTI leaders and office bearers tried leaving the country in the last three days, however, they were stopped at the airports.

In a bid to stop them from leaving the country, their names were sent by the police, the counter-terrorism department (CTD), and intelligence agencies.

Thousands of party workers and leaders were arrested during the crackdown on the PTI since May 9 for the party’s alleged involvement in the riots that claimed at least 8 lives and injured dozens of others.

Several party leaders and lawmakers — including Shireen Mazari, Fawad Chaudhry, Aamir Mehmood Kiani, Malik Amin Aslam, Mahmood Moulvi, Aftab Siddiqui, Fayyazul Hassan Chohan among others — have since publicly denounced the attacks on the state installations and announced leaving the former ruling party since the May 9 vandalism.

I want to thank the government for putting my name on the ECL as I have no plans to travel abroad, because I neither have any properties or businesses abroad nor even a bank account outside the country.

If and when I do get an opportunity for a holiday, it will be in our…

— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) May 26, 2023

The police department, National Accountability Bureau and the anti-corruption department had requested the Ministry of Interior to include these names to the no-fly list.