Remove Nasir’s name from ECL: LHC

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) ordered the authorities to remove the name of former Pakistan opening batsman Nasir Jamshed from Exit Control List (ECL) on Tuesday.

An application against government’s decision to put the cricketer on the ECL was filed by Justice Sajid Mahmood Sethi. During the hearing, Deputy Attorney General told the court that Nasir Jamshed’s name was placed on the ECL on the recommendation of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).FIA’s lawyer informed the court that the Interior Ministry had the powers to put people on ECL, adding that there was no inquiry pending with the FIA against the cricketer.

The applicant said laws have been violated by placing the cricketer on ECL that too after he had already been punished in Spot Fixing scandal.After hearing the arguments, the LHC ordered the removal of Nasir Jamshed’s name from the ECL. Pakistan Cricket Board had banned Nasir Jamshed from cricket for 10 years in 2018 after finding him guilty in the spot-fixing scandal during the second edition of the Pakistan Super League.