Federal cabinet approves Shahbaz Gill’s name for ECL

Islamabad’s district administration requested for the said query

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shahbaz Gill’s name has been added to the Exit Control List (ECL).

Gill’s name has been added to the ECL after approval of the federal cabinet, according to reports. The name has been added to the ECL upon request of Islamabad’s district administration.

Shahbaz Gill has been sedition mutiny charges for inciting mutiny within Pakistan Army. Gill while speaking to a private TV channel had made remarks as he was trying to create a difference between the rank and files of the army.

He was arrested from Islamabad and was kept under physical remand for several days. Then he was granted judicial remand and later on bail was granted to him by Islamabad High court on September 15.

Gill and PTI have also been blaming that he was tortured and mistreated illegally during physical remand.

PTI Chairman Imran Khan has time and again requested the Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial to look into the matter of Gill’s custodial torture.

The federal government has also approached the apex court for cancellation of the bail.