KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) Tuesday ordered to remove Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon’s name from exit control list (ECL).

According to details, a two-member bench – headed by Justice Agha – accepted Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Sharjeel Inam Memon’s review petition in an Rs6 billion corruption reference filed by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against him.

During the hearing, Memon’s counsel noted that the court had ordered to put his client’s name on ECL while granting bail. “The Sindh Information Minister has to get permission repeatedly to leave the country,” he added.

Meanwhile, the NAB prosecutor as well as the federal government did not oppose the request. After hearing the arguments, the SHC two-member bench accepted the minister’s review petition and ordered the removal of Sharjeel Memon’s name from ECL.

It may be noted that the National Accountability Bureau had filed a reference in 2016 against the incumbent provincial information minister, deputy directors of the Sindh information department Mansoor Ahmed Rajput, Mohammed Yousuf Kaboro and others for allegedly committing corruption from 2013 to 2015 in awarding advertisements of provincial government’s awareness campaigns in electronic media.