Summary Federal government has submitted reply in SHC against Musharraf's plea to remove his name from ECL.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – The federal government has opposed removing former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf’s name from Exit Control List (ECL).
Submitted federal government’s response to the petition of Pervez Musharraf in Sindh High Court on Monday, Attorney General Aslam Butt took the stance that the name of Pervez Musharraf cannot be allowed to leave the country as he is facing serious charges against him and the courts have already summoned him in different cases.
The response said that Musharraf’s plea was not based on facts as he intended to quit the country. The response further said that the government had offered to bring Musharraf’s mother back to Pakistan and provide best medical facilities to her.
It further stated that the former president can also receive best treatment in Pakistan.
In its response, the federal government took the stance that putting former president’s name on ECL was not revenge but legal obligation.
The federal government denied the allegations leveled by Pervez Musharraf and pleaded to the court to reject his petition.
The attorney general also provided copy of the reply to Musharraf’s council Farogh Naseem who would submit the reply to the court on May 6.
Musharraf was indicted for treason last month over his imposition of emergency rule in 2007, in a case seen as a test of civilian authority in a coutry long dominated by the military.
He also faces several murder cases and his name has been added to the official "exit control list" of people barred from leaving Pakistan.
The former president has been having medical treatment since January, when he was rushed to hospital after suffering heart problems on his way to court for a hearing.
After his indictment for treason in March, Musharraf asked to be allowed to visit his mother, who is in her 90s, but was denied permission.
The ex-general, who seized power in 1999 and resigned in 2008, has pleaded "not guilty" to the treason charges.
Musharraf is also on bail in three other major cases linked to his time in power including 2007 assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto in a gun and suicide attack and murder of Baluch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Bugti in 2006.
Bugti, who was killed in a military operation, led an armed campaign to press for provincial autonomy and a greater share of profits from Baluchistan s natural resources.
