Summary Sindh High Court had reserved the decision on plea to add Musharraf's name to ECL.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Sindh High Court dismissed the plea, seeking to permanently add former president Pervez Musaharraf’s name to Exit Control List (ECL) on Monday.
In its short verdict, the Sindh High Court stated that the argument of the applicant was weak. The petition was filed by Maulvi Iqbal Haider.
Earlier, lawyers for Musharraf pleaded Sindh High Court to strike the ex-dictator’s name off the exit control list.
The application filed by the former army chief pleaded the court to modify its earlier order, restraining him from leaving the country without permission of trial courts.
Musharraf has been granted bail in all cases against him since his return to Pakistan in a bid to contest general elections in May.
He was being tried for his alleged involvement in the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the killing of Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Bugti, and the case relating to the murder of the Lal Masjid cleric during the army operation on the mosque in 2007.
However, the special court has summoned former President Pervez Musharraf on December 24 in a high treason case initiated against him on the request of federal government.
The trial against Musharraf will be held in the Supreme Court’s national library. The special court also issued summons for advocate Akram Sheikh after admitting complaints filed by the federation.
A session of the special court, formed by the then Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on request of federal government to try former President Musharraf for high treason began in Islamabad on Friday. The three-member judge bench of the special court, headed by Justice Faisal Arbab reviewed the charge sheet filed by the federation against Musharraf.
Earlier, the federal government submitted a petition in the special court to initiate hearing of high treason against former dictator Pervez Musharraf. An eight-page plea was filed in the office of special court’s registrar on Thursday.
The government requested that a case should be initiated against the former dictator under Article-6 of the Constitution for abrogating the constitution of the country by imposing emergency on 3rd November 2007.
The interior ministry had also setup two teams to try former President Pervez Musharraf under Article 6 of the constitution. The two teams, constitution and prosecution, will be headed by Dr Tariq Hassan and Nasiruddin Khan respectively. Both of the teams will be working under the supervision of advocate Akram Sheikh.
The constitution team comprises 10 lawyers while the prosecution has 11 team members. A notification in this regard has also been issued by the interior ministry.
Meanwhile the charge sheet pressed five charges including November 3 emergency, detention of superior judges and implementation of PCO against Musharraf. The federation will show the details of his orders as proof in the court.
The interior secretary will act as the complainant and authorise the FIA DG to file the complaint, the sources added.
A three-member special court including Justice Faisal Arab of the Sindh High Court, Justice Tahira Safdar of the Balochistan High Court and Justice Yawar Ali of Lahore High Court was constituted by Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry at the request of the government under the Criminal Law Amendment (Special Court) Act 1976.
