SHC seeks reply from govt, FIA over Musharraf's ECL plea

Published April 21, 2014
Former military ruler Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf. — File photo
Former military ruler Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf. — File photo

ISLAMABAD: The Sindh High Court has issued notices to the government and Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) over former president Musharraf’s application seeking removal of his name from the Exit Control List (ECL) and has directed them to submit their replies on April 23, DawnNews reported.

Earlier today, Musharraf’s counsel Barrister Farogh Naseem had submitted the application on the former president’s behalf, challenging the order of the Interior Secretary pertaining to inclusion of his name on the ECL.

A two-member bench of the SHC, headed by Justice Mohammad Ali Mazhar, immediately admitted the application for hearing.

Naseem presented his stance in the court and said that Musharraf wanted to travel overseas in order to visit his ailing mother upon which the court replied that it could not make a unilateral decision.

The court issued notices to the government and FIA and directed the federal interior secretary and Director General FIA to submit their replies before it on April 23.

Earlier on April 2, the government had rejected Musharraf’s application seeking removal of his name from the ECL.

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