Ayyan Ali case: SC bars SHC from contempt proceeding

ISLAMABAD:  

The top court has stopped the Sindh High Court from passing any adverse order against the interior ministry in persistently keeping supermodel Ayyan Ali’s name on the no-fly list. The three-judge apex court bench, headed by Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed, on Friday issued an order over the miscellaneous application of the federal government for the suspension of SHC’s June 15 order. The court had warned the interior secretary he should be ready to face contempt proceedings if the court’s order to remove Ayyan’s name from Exit Control List (ECL) were not complied with. The interior ministry had challenged the verdict to remove Ayyan’s name from ECL. The ministry moved another application, requesting the SC to restrain SHC from initiating contempt proceedings. Ayyan was arrested in March last year on charges of money laundering after Customs officials found around $506,000 in her luggage at Islamabad airport. OUR CORRESPONDENT

Published in The Express Tribune, June 25^th, 2016.