Summary A two-member division bench will resume the case hearing.
KARACHI (Web Desk) – Sindh High Court (SHC) will resume hearing of former military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf’s plea regarding removal of name from the Exit Control List (ECL), Dunya News reported.
A two-member bench comprising Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Shahnawaz Tariq will hear the case.
During today’s proceeding, Musharraf’s counsel Barrister Farogh Naseem will present arguments.
Attorney General Salman Butt will also appear in court.
Maulvi Iqbal Haider will present arguments over becoming respondent in the case.
In previous hearing, the government opposed Musharraf s petition seeking the lifting of a travel ban on him to allow him to visit his ailing mother in Dubai. The government has filed its response in the Sindh High Court.
Musharraf’s lawyer Farrugh Naseem said that the government in its reply said that since the 70-year-old former president was required to make appearances in court in four different cases his name should not be taken off the ECL.
The government also argued that in some cases Musharraf could face the death penalty and could abscond if his name was taken off the ECL.
The Sindh High Court on April 23 had directed the government to explain why it restricted Musharraf – who is facing multiple trials including one under the high-treason act – from travelling abroad.
Musharraf’s name was put on the ECL on April 5 last year to ensure that he remains in the country and attends hearings of all the cases he has been named in.
