LAHORE: The interior ministry on Tuesday told the Lahore High Court that the names of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf President Parvez Elahi, his son Rasikh Elahi and daughter-in-law Zahra Elahi had been removed from the lists carrying travel restrictions.

A law officer presented a report on behalf of the interior secretary and also submitted a notification about the removal of Elahi’s family from the no-fly lists.

In the light of the report, Justice Shams Mahmood Mirza disposed of a contempt of court petition filed by the former chief minister and his family.

The LHC had on July 8 ordered the interior ministry to remove the names of Elahi and his two family members from the restricted lists, allowing them to travel abroad.

However, the contempt petition said, the authorities temporarily removed their names, only to re-include them later.

The petition stated that Elahi wishes to travel abroad with his family for Umrah. It asked the court to order the authorities to permanently remove the names of the petitioners from the no-fly lists.

The former chief minister was placed on the Passport Control List (PCL) while the other two were named in the Exit Control List (ECL).

Published in Dawn, September 25th, 2024