- Court says rival parties could approach SC in 15 days
The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday said that the name of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf should be removed from the Exit Control List (ECL) after 15 days.
A two-member bench of the SHC, comprising Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Shahnawaz Tariq, delivered the short verdict. The bench said that parties opposing the ruling could approach the Supreme Court (SC) in the next 15 days, adding that Musharraf could not leave the country during that period.
“The court has allowed our appeal and ordered to strike down Musharraf’s name from the ECL. The order will be executed after 15 days,” said Musharraf’s lawyer Farogh Naseem.
While talking to reporters, Naseem said the government could remove Musharraf’s name from the ECL within 15 days, and within the said time limit the court’s ruling would be enforced.
The court had reserved its order on May 29 after Naseem, Attorney General of Pakistan Salman Aslam Butt and Maulvi Iqbal Haider, who became a party in the case in favour of keeping Musharraf’s name in the ECL, had completed their arguments.
The federal government had opposed the petition of the former president and contended that his name had been put on the ECL on the Supreme Court’s directions in high treason case.
