The National Accountability Bureau has frozen the assets and put on the ECL a number of prominent politicians. -File Photo

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), has frozen the assets of 19 individuals accused in the Rental Power Projects case and placed on the Exit Control List (ECL) a number of prominent figures.

Among those placed on the ECL includes Liaquat Jatoi, former finance minister Shaukat Tareen and former minister for water and power Raja Pervez Ashraf.

The Supreme Court had declared at least six RPPs contracts as illegal. The Chief Justice Iftikar Muhammad Chaudhary had said that legal proceedings should start against all those involved in the RPPs case.

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