Summary Former president also attached his mother's medical certificate along with the appeal letter.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Former president Pervez Musharraf appealed to Interior Secretary to remove his name from Exit Control List (ECL) on Thursday through a letter, Dunya News reported.
As per the copy of the letter Musharraf wrote to Interior Secretary obtained by Dunya News, it was pleaded while referencing Sindh High Court’s decision that Musharraf’s mother is unwell in Sharjah and that his backbone has a fracture that cannot be cured in Pakistan, therefore he be allowed to leave the country.
The letter says that Sindh High Court has ruled in Musharraf’s favour, adding that Supreme Court’s earlier decision was provisional which stands void after the conclusive decision.
Former president also attached his mother’s medical certificate along with the appeal letter.
Earlier, Sindh High Court on Thursday ordered Pakistan’s government to lift a travel ban on former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in 15 days time, his lawyer said, possibly drawing a line under a raft of legal troubles.
Musharraf has been battling several court cases since he returned to Pakistan last year to fight elections, including treason charges for imposing emergency rule in 2007.
"The court has allowed our appeal and ordered to strike down Musharraf’s name from the Exit Control List. The order will be executed after 15 days," lawyer Farogh Naseem told news agency AFP.
The delayed execution of the order "will give time to the government to appeal in a superior court if they so desire", he added.
Musharraf, 70, flew to Karachi in April to undergo medical tests.
He has said he wants the travel ban lifted so he can visit his sick mother in Dubai, but many in Pakistan see it as a ruse to flee the country and avoid the litany of criminal cases against him dating back to his 1999-2008 rule.
