Zulfi Bukhari’s name placed on ECL: sources

Imran Khan and Zulfi Bukhari. Photo: File
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan’s close aide Zulfi Bukhari has been barred from leaving the country, sources told Geo News on Wednesday.

“Bukhari’s name has been placed on ECL on the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) request,” sources said.

In June, the London-based businessman was interrogated by a NAB investigative team in an ongoing NAB probe against him pertaining to offshore companies.

NAB probes Zulfi Bukhari for nearly two hours in offshore companies case

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) had instructed Bukhari on June 21 to join an ongoing NAB probe against him. The court issued the directives while hearing two petitions simultaneously: one filed by Bukhari seeking removal of his name from the blacklist, and the other where a petitioner has challenged Bukhari’s name removal from the blacklist within mere hours which allowed him to leave the country for Umrah.

Bukhari was barred from leaving Pakistan when he proceeded to travel to Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah on June 11. However, he was later granted a one-time permission to go abroad for six days by the Interior Ministry.