ISLAMABAD: Omni Group chairman Anwar Majid’s son Nimr Majid, who is facing fake accounts and money laundering cases, requested the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Saturday to remove his name from the Exit Control List (ECL).

Nimr Majid through his counsel Raja Rizwan Abbasi has approached the IHC, challenging the inclusion of his name in the ECL. He has made the federation through the secretary of the ministry of interior and the director general of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) respondents in the petition.

The IHC is expected to take up the petition for hearing next week.

In the petition, the counsel stated, that an FIR was registered against the petitioner and his family members after the Supreme Court took a suo motu notice in the matter. He said the apex court also constituted a joint investigation team which recommended the inclusion of the petitioner’s name in the ECL.

However, Mr Abbasi said, not a single show- cause notice, order, reason whatsoever has been provided for insertion of Nimr Majid’s name on the no-fly list. He said the applicant has not been provided an opportunity of hearing and his name has been inserted in deviation of the rules.

Published in Dawn, April 24th, 2019