Pakistan's ECL List...what a joke...

Society Pakistan & World Affairs
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HAHHAHAHA :rotfl:…four of our own ministers cannot leave this country…this is absurd…

http://www.dawn.com/2003/03/06/top4.htm

ISLAMABAD, March 5: The National Assembly was informed here on Wednesday that four federal ministers were on the Exit Control List (ECL), including the interior minister , in keeping with the recommendations of the agencies concerned.

**The names of these ministers are: Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, Minister for Water and Power/Kashmir Affairs, Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat, Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control, Liaqat Ali Jatoi, Minister for Industries, and Shaikh Rashid Ahmed, Minister for Information and Media Development. **

PPP’s Syed Naveed Qamar had inquired which of the cabinet members were placed on the ECL on October 10, 2002.

In a written reply, the interior minister said the ECL contained 2,939 persons. Besides, there was no time limit for keeping a person placed on the list. However, the minister said, it depended on the agency concerned recommendation either to retain or delete the name of a person from the Exit Control List upon finalization of investigation, and other factors.

About steps to check infiltration of terrorists into Pakistan, the minister said strict vigil was being maintained by the civil armed forces and other law enforcing agencies at all the main and known entry routes along the international borders with Afghanistan, Iran, India and China.

He said it was difficult for the terrorists to enter the country through unfrequented routes as the security agencies were quite vigilant to unearth such elements.

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Can we now please throw them in jail? Perferably somewhere where they are hated. Send the Punjabi to a Sindhi jail. The Pathan to a Punjabi jail..etc etc etc. You get the idea. They will be singing in no time.

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Most of them have been in jail CM, they were let out because they promised to support the LFO and Mush in general. I don't care where they go ..as long as they go to jail.

By the way did you know an accused rapist is Education Minister of Sindh?

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When I landed at Quaid-a-Azam airport in 2001 I was worried about immigration/custom etc..... you know the kind of horror stories you hear but it was a breeze. I was out of the airport within 10 minutes...

When I was leaving I was stopped at least half a dozen times and asked few questions.. Bit strange it should be the opposite they should do that for arrivals not departures. Anyway the last stop was ECL and I was asked to step aside others were let go they must have my name in the system. Two army officers very polite and very gentlemen like behavior asked me if I had any other ID.. They even have color pictures of the fugitives in the system! (un)Fortunately the name matched but not the picture the officers apologized and let me go.
I think it’s a good system and can be further improved if they also build a rapid decision court next to the ECL booth and an execution house.. I’d rather prefer public execution with private parts on the chopping block first and finally the neck….
We have a large Christian community and I am sure they have pig farms the filth can be of great use to these farmers….

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someone has confused Essential & Critical List with the other one. Acronyms are always a problem (I have a joke about Emitter Couple Logic chips but that's for a different place and time)...so much for ECL!