INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Inside story: How Zulfi Bukhari traveled to Saudi Arabia despite being on ECLISLAMABAD: Pakistan
being on the Exit Control List (ECL).Zulfi Bukhari accompanied Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Moneka to Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah after
being granted special one-time permission by the interior ministry to travel abroad and return to the country within six days.The move drew
widespread anger on social media from opposition parties, journalists and activists, prompting Prime Minister Nasirul Mulk to seek a report
from the Ministry of Interior.On Monday, while Imran along with Bushra Maneka reached Islamabad Airport to proceed for Umrah, Zulfi also
The FIA immigration staff refused to allow Zulfi Bukhari to board the plane since the Ministry of Interior had placed him on the ECL
with Imran Khan.According to sources, caretaker interior minister Azam Khan is member of the board of Imran Khan Foundation and his name is
the plane despite being on ECL.
