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The NRO closes in on the corrupt: Defense Minister stopped at airport

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ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar has been stopped at Islamabad International Airport, sources said.

The Defence Minister was on his way to China with his wife and secretary when he was stopped by airport officials.

Mukhtar has been put on the Exit Control List following the annulment of the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) by the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

The Defence Minister was named among the beneficiaries of the NRO, in which top politicians and bureaucrats were given amnesty from corruption allegations and cases.

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