Nawaz Sharif, Maryam placed on Exit Control List, not allowed to leave Pakistan 

According to Pakistan Interior Ministry, former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz have been placed on the Exit Control List (ECL) after being convicted in the Avenfield reference case.

The Exit Control List, a border control system, maintained by the Government of Pakistan prohibits those on the list from leaving Pakistan.

Sharif and Maryam are expected to reach Pakistan on July 13 after which they will be imprisoned. The father-daughter duo will not be allowed to leave Pakistan.

It is reported that Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz will be arrested during the immigration process upon their arrival at the Lahore airport and will be lodged in Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail.

According to Pakistan media, the NAB wrote three different letters to the Pakistan Interior Ministry urging them to place the names of Sharif and Maryam on the ECL in February, June, and July this year respectively.

Pakistan's Accountability Court, on July 6, sentenced ex PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif to 10 years of imprisonment and slapped a fine of eight million pounds on him in the Avenfield reference case.

Sharif's daughter, Maryam Nawaz, has been booked for seven years with a fine of two million pounds by the accountability court.

Sharif's son-in-law Captain (retired) Muhammad Safdar was sentenced to one year of imprisonment. He was arrested by the NAB after he appeared at a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) rally in Rawalpindi. He was presented in an accountability court in Islamabad by the NAB before being shifted to Adiala Jail.

(With inputs from ANI)