Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday announced its decision that former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf will not be allowed to leave the country until all cases against him are resolved, however, SHC also refused to add his name on the Exit Control List (ECL) permanently.
The court reserved judgment on the request to have Musharraf’s name removed from the ECL.
The former dictator’s counsel had asked the court to remove Musharraf’s name from the list, saying that Musharraf wanted to go and visit his mother who lives abroad. The court also dismissed the petition to have his name put on ECL permanently. The petition was filed by Maulvi Iqbal Haider
Earlier, Musharraf was summoned at a special court for the treason case on December 24 under Article 6 of the Constitution.
The request that was submitted by the federal government at a special court on December 12 to start a treason case against Musharraf was accepted.
It was submitted by Interior Secretary Shahid Khan, stating that Musharraf had violated the constitution by imposing emergency rule in the country in November 2007.
The decision to start this case came after Musharraf was granted bail in criminal cases against him, including the assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto, slaying of Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Bugti and Lal Masjid siege.
