Exit Control List

Exit Control List
AbbreviationECL
Agency overview
FormedDecember 21, 1981; 42 years ago (1981-12-21)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionPakistan
Legal jurisdictionConstitution of Pakistan
Governing bodyGovernment of Pakistan
Constituting instrument
  • The Exit from Pakistan (Control) Ordinance, 1981
Operational structure
HeadquartersPak Secretariat Islamabad, Capital Territory
Parent agencyMinistry of Interior (Pakistan)
Federal Investigation Agency

The Exit Control Lists (ECL; Urdu: ای سی ایل) is a system of border control maintained by the Government of Pakistan under Exit from Pakistan (Control) Ordinance, 1981. The people on the list are prohibited from leaving Pakistan.[1]

  1. ^ Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (2006). State of human rights in Pakistan. Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. Retrieved 3 March 2011.