Govt rejects Musharraf’s petition to remove name from ECL

ISLAMABAD: The Interior Ministry has rejected Pervez Musharraf’s application seeking removal of his name from the Exit Control List (ECL).

The former military ruler had filed the application with the interior ministry after the Special Court said the government had the authority to allow him to travel abroad.

Mushararf’s spokesman, Rashid Qureshi claimed that the letter from the Initerior Ministry has not been received.

Musharraf had filed petitions praying the court to allow him to travel abroad for medical treatment and to visit his ailing mother.

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Earlier on Wednesday, Railways Minister and PML-N leader Khawaja Saad Rafique advised Musharraf to ‘show courage, be a man and shun the acting.’

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