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احمد مختارخود ایئر پورٹ نہیں گئے تھے

اسلام آباد (صالح ظافر)وزیردفاع احمد مختار چوہدری کو چین کے 3روزہ دورے پر جاتے ہوئے اسلام آباد ایئر پورٹ نہیں روکا گیا کیونکہ وہ تو ایئر پورٹ گئے ہی نہیں ۔انہیں ایئر پورٹ آمد کے موقع پر بھرپور پروٹوکول فراہم کیا جاتا ۔ اگر وہ ایئر پورٹ پہنچتے تو یہ پاکستان کے لئے سفارتی ہزیمت کا باعث بنتا کیونکہ یہ بات ان کے علم میں تھی کہ ان کا نام ای سی ایل میں شامل ہے اور وہ مجاز اتھارٹی کی اجازت کے بغیر ملک سے باہر نہیں جاسکتے سفارتی مبصرین کا کہنا ہے کہ اگر وزیر دفاع ایئر پورٹ پر پہنچ جاتے تو یہ صورتحال پید اہو جاتی۔وزیر دفاع پاکستان کے لئے فریگیٹ 22لینے کی تقریب میں شرکت کیلئے چین جا رہے تھے ۔ اب نیول چیف ایڈمرل نعمان بشیر اس تقریب میں پاکستان کی نمائندگی کرینگے جو کہ چین روانہ ہو چکے ہیں ۔سیاسی مبصرین کا کہنا ہے کہ وزراء کو اس طرح کی پابندیوں کا خیال کرنا چاہیے اور اس صورتحال سے بچنا چاہیے تا وقتیکہ وہ عدالت اور نیب سے خو د بری الذمہ قرار دلوا لیں ۔وزیر دفاع کو معاملے کو کسی اور طریقے سے حل کرنے کی بجائے کلیئرنس حاصل کرنے کیلئے عدالت سے رجوع کرنا چاہیے۔ وزیر کا کہنا ہے کہ میرے خلاف 12سال سے تحقیقات ہو رہی ہیں اور اب کوئی بھی کیس التوا ء کا شکار نہیں ہے۔
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Minister for defence first victim of revived ECL
By Mohammad Asghar & Iftikhar A. Khan
Friday, 18 Dec, 2009

ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar, his wife and secretary were barred from boarding a flight of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) for Beijing at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport on Thursday because his name had been put on the Exit Control List (ECL), official sources said.

The interior ministry had put on the ECL the names of beneficiaries of the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) on the National Accountability Bureau’s request in compliance with the Supreme Court’s orders.

Mr Mukhtar, his wife Nilofar Mukhtar and secretary Javaid Asif were stopped by the Federal Investigation Agency’s immigration staff when they were going to board the flight PK-852 on Thursday night.

They had got their boarding cards after being checked-in by the PIA traffic staff and their baggage had been kept on standby when the immigration staff informed them that the minister’s name was on the ECL.

After waiting for some time at the immigration counter, the minister, who had been allocated seat No.1-A, his wife 1-H and secretary 21-J, returned home.

The Chinese ambassador was also at the airport to see off the minister, the sources said.

The federal minister and his wife were carrying three pieces of baggage and his secretary two pieces. The flight was slightly delayed.

An immigration official said the minister’s protocol staff had been informed at the airport that he would not be allowed to travel abroad.

The defence minister was scheduled to leave for a three-day official visit to China.

The immigration official said anyone whose name was on the ECL would be stopped if he tried to leave the country.

Talking to Dawn later, the defence minister said he had been informed by the interior secretary and his staff that he could not proceed abroad because as his name had been placed on the ECL.

He said he had informed staff of President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani about the incident.

Mr Mukhtar said it was shameful that the naval chief had been allowed to go to Chine, while the defence minister had been prevented from leaving for an important official visit.

He said he had been acquitted in both cases initiated against him and one pertaining to sugar quota had been at the stage of an inquiry for 14 years.

Mr Mukhtar said he would knock the doors of the courts to seek justice.

He said names of parliamentarians could not be placed on the ECL and he would raise the issue in the next session of the National Assembly.

The incident is also believed to have been discussed at a late-night meeting between President Zardari and Prime Minister Gilani.

It was the first attempt by an NRO-tainted minister to leave the country after the Supreme Court’s verdict against the ordinance.

The names of 247 bureaucrats and politicians, including four federal ministers, were put on the ECL on Thursday.
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