Musharraf ECL case: SC suspends SHC's decision
SHC on June 12 ordered the removal of Musharraf’s name from the ECL.
ISLAMABAD:
The Supreme Court has suspended Sindh High Court’s (SHC) decision to remove former president Pervez Musharraf’s name from the exit control list (ECL), Express News reported on Monday.
The SHC on June 12 ordered the removal of Musharraf’s name from the ECL. The two-member bench of the SHC had itself suspended this order for around two weeks giving the federal government time to appeal against the decision before the Supreme Court.
Later, the federal government appealed to the court asking that Musharraf not be allowed to leave the country as he will not return.
Today, the Supreme Court suspended the SHC's decision and summoned the hearing of the case after four weeks.
The five-member bench of the Supreme Court said that the court on April 8, 2013 directed the government to make sure Musharraf remained in the country until initiation of a criminal case against him for subverting the Constitution. The order still holds to date.
Musharraf’s attorney general Farogh Naseem had earlier said that Musharraf wants to leave the country to visit his ailing mother, however, the members of the Supreme Court bench today said that Musharraf has various cases against him on which he is on bail and if he is allowed to leave there is no guarantee he will return for the hearings.
The Supreme Court has suspended Sindh High Court’s (SHC) decision to remove former president Pervez Musharraf’s name from the exit control list (ECL), Express News reported on Monday.
The SHC on June 12 ordered the removal of Musharraf’s name from the ECL. The two-member bench of the SHC had itself suspended this order for around two weeks giving the federal government time to appeal against the decision before the Supreme Court.
Later, the federal government appealed to the court asking that Musharraf not be allowed to leave the country as he will not return.
Today, the Supreme Court suspended the SHC's decision and summoned the hearing of the case after four weeks.
The five-member bench of the Supreme Court said that the court on April 8, 2013 directed the government to make sure Musharraf remained in the country until initiation of a criminal case against him for subverting the Constitution. The order still holds to date.
Musharraf’s attorney general Farogh Naseem had earlier said that Musharraf wants to leave the country to visit his ailing mother, however, the members of the Supreme Court bench today said that Musharraf has various cases against him on which he is on bail and if he is allowed to leave there is no guarantee he will return for the hearings.