SHC to hear Musharraf’s appeal for immediate removal from ECL

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) will hear former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf’s appeal to have his name removed from the Exit Control List (ECL) at the earliest. The appeal will be heard by the SHC on Monday on an immediate basis.

On Friday, the former president’s counsel Farogh Naseem had filed an appeal seeking for the SHC to amend its verdict which suspended the order of removing Musharraf’s name from the ECL for 15 days allowing time for the government to file an appeal in the Supreme Court.

The appeal stated that Pervez Musharraf’s mother is ill and he should be allowed to leave the country immediately.

Meanwhile, the federal government has challenged the SHC decision in the Supreme Court.

In its appeal the government maintained that Musharraf was the only accused in the treason case and there are other pending cases against him in courts, thus his name should not be removed from the ECL.