LHC petition demands Hussain Haqqani’s name be put on ECL

A petition was filed with the Lahore High Court seeking directions to put the name of Pakistan Ambassador to the US Hussain Haqani on the Exit Control List (ECL) and conduct his lie detection test to resolve the controversy of alleged memo against Pakistan Army written by him to former US military chief Mike Mullen. The petition was filed by barrister Javed Iqbal Jaffery under Article 194 making Hussain Haqqani, Cabinet Secretary Nargis Sethi, Interior Minister Rehman Malik and Attorney General of Pakistan Anwarul Haq and leader of the opposition in National assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan respondents in the case. He said the ambassador damaged the repute of the country and its armed forces through the drama of the memo and committed sedition against the state.
He alleged that Haqqani had come to Pakistan hesitantly and he might run away from the county if he was held guilty in the controversy, therefore, his names should be placed on the ECL as a precautionary measure until the inquiry was complete. He prayed the court to also order a lie detection test on Haqqani under Section 164 of evidence act. He said Pakistani origin US national Mansoor Ijaz had exposed Haqqani’s involvement in the memo and Haqqani was coining tales of his innocence.