Exit control list: SHC disposes of Musharraf’s application

SHC at no stage issued directions to the federal government for placing Musharraf’s name on ECL, says Justice Shah.

KARACHI:

The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday disposed of the application seeking the removal of Musharraf’s name from the exit control list (ECL), clarifying that the court did not impose any restriction on his travelling abroad and the ban on his travel was imposed by the apex court.

A division bench of the SHC headed by Justice Sajjad Ali Shah observed that the court at no stage issued directions to the federal government for placing Musharraf’s name on ECL.

“In our opinion this application itself becomes a redundant and ancillary objection regarding jurisdiction of the court to review its order while exercising criminal jurisdiction becomes only of academic importance and does not require adjudication”, observed the bench.

“We may clarify that neither any observation nor any directions were recorded by this bench in its order for placing the applicant’s name on the exit control list,” the court ruled.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 24^th, 2013.