ISLAMABAD. In a bid to give new height to rivulery with political opponents, particularly, Sharif dynasty, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has placed names of Shahbaz Sharif family including his wife , Nusrat Shahbaz , and two daughters , Javeria and Rabia on the exit control list (ECL).
Both daughters of PMLN president and opposition leader in national assembly are married and their husbands are already in London instead facing charges of.corruption . They smelled some bad days during IK rule and slipped out of Pakistan soon after appearing their names in corruption cases.
Both Javeria (elder) and Rabia (junior) are not in practical politics. Rabia, however , used to accompany her father, of and on, during his appearance before the accountability court.
Now with names on ECL, both daughters of Shahbaz Sharif and his wife , Nusrat Shahbaz, can not travel out of Pakistan.
Husbands of both daughters of Shahbaz Sharif are in London with Nawaz Sharif and they can not dare to retuŕn and offer themselves for.accountability until and unless Sharifs either get relief from the real power brokers or turn the table.on PTI government and force.it.out.of.power in next.elections.
The women of Sharifs apparently do not do any business and they may not have practical role in alleged money laundering , but , now they are exposed to difficult situation as their names do appear in the banks record used by Sharifs for money laundering.
Sharifs’ money laundering may be as old as they are in power game from mid 80s, but it’s possible that their women , with an exception of Maryam Nawaz , may not have knowledge that their names were being used by their male family members, in particular, husbands to launder money out of Pakistan.
The women folk in Pakistan has little or simply no knowledge of use of their names for financial activities by male members of their families.
Most.of.the time male members use names of women of the family for.financial matters without their consent. The same culture put the women in trouble when any case of illegal activities surfaces.
The same case.may have been with the daughters of Shahbaz Sharif.
The investigators and the court of.law.should take into.account this factor before reaching to final.comcusion in this case.
