ISLAMABAD:
The federal government on Wednesday stated that former president General
(retd) Pervez Musharraf could not go abroad as the Ministry of Interior
had turned down his application to remove his name from the Exit
Control List (ECL).
“The federal government is unable to accede to your request in public interest,” Aamir Sohail, a Section Officer of the ECL Wing, Ministry of Interior, informed Pervez Musharraf in a letter on Wednesday.
The Interior Ministry informed the former president that the request had been considered on the basis of the pronouncements record of the cited subject and pending criminal cases in various courts.
Pervez Musharraf, in his application, had submitted that he wanted to get treatment abroad and to meet his ailing mother who was admitted to a hospital in Sharjah a few days ago and had been in the intensive care unit (ICU) since then.
The letter addressed the former president saying that his name was put on the ECL on the orders of the Sindh High Court (SHC), which is competent to look into this matter judiciously and judicially.
According to sources, the decision not to remove Pervez Musharraf’s name from the ECL was taken by the prime minister during the informal consultative meeting of senior PML-N leaders on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Pervaiz Rashid held a meeting with PM Nawaz Sharif and informed him about the legal status of Pervez Musharraf’s plea for removing his name from the ECL with particular reference to the charge-sheet against him by the Special Court in the high treason case and other criminal cases pending against him in various courts.
The Interior Ministry informed the former president through the letter making a reference to the SHC’s order putting his name on the ECL and showed its inability to allow him to travel abroad.
“We are going to challenge the decision of the Ministry of Interior in the high court soon,” Faisal Hussain Chaudhry, one of the lawyers of former President Pervez Musharraf, told The News.
It may be pertinent to mention that former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf was represented by a new lawyer, Dr Farogh Nassem, on March 31 on the eve of his indictment, replacing the earlier legal team.
Chaudhry Faisal, who was a was asked by Musharraf to continue as his counsel.“That’s why we are going to challenge the decision of Ministry of Interior in the high court as required under Article 199 of the Constitution”, Faisal said.
Since the indictment of former president in the high treason case, the government was deliberating upon the issue of Musharraf’s request for going abroad.On Tuesday prime minister while chairing an informal consultative meeting of the PML-N senior leaders said that his government would fulfil all the legal and constitutional requirements on the issue of Pervez Musharraf. Quoting sources, it was reported that most of the party members were against removing the name of Musharraf from the ECL.
Likewise Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique told reporters outside the Parliament House on Wednesday if Musharraf was allowed to go abroad, what they would answer to the nation.
“The federal government is unable to accede to your request in public interest,” Aamir Sohail, a Section Officer of the ECL Wing, Ministry of Interior, informed Pervez Musharraf in a letter on Wednesday.
The Interior Ministry informed the former president that the request had been considered on the basis of the pronouncements record of the cited subject and pending criminal cases in various courts.
Pervez Musharraf, in his application, had submitted that he wanted to get treatment abroad and to meet his ailing mother who was admitted to a hospital in Sharjah a few days ago and had been in the intensive care unit (ICU) since then.
The letter addressed the former president saying that his name was put on the ECL on the orders of the Sindh High Court (SHC), which is competent to look into this matter judiciously and judicially.
According to sources, the decision not to remove Pervez Musharraf’s name from the ECL was taken by the prime minister during the informal consultative meeting of senior PML-N leaders on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Pervaiz Rashid held a meeting with PM Nawaz Sharif and informed him about the legal status of Pervez Musharraf’s plea for removing his name from the ECL with particular reference to the charge-sheet against him by the Special Court in the high treason case and other criminal cases pending against him in various courts.
The Interior Ministry informed the former president through the letter making a reference to the SHC’s order putting his name on the ECL and showed its inability to allow him to travel abroad.
“We are going to challenge the decision of the Ministry of Interior in the high court soon,” Faisal Hussain Chaudhry, one of the lawyers of former President Pervez Musharraf, told The News.
It may be pertinent to mention that former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf was represented by a new lawyer, Dr Farogh Nassem, on March 31 on the eve of his indictment, replacing the earlier legal team.
Chaudhry Faisal, who was a was asked by Musharraf to continue as his counsel.“That’s why we are going to challenge the decision of Ministry of Interior in the high court as required under Article 199 of the Constitution”, Faisal said.
Since the indictment of former president in the high treason case, the government was deliberating upon the issue of Musharraf’s request for going abroad.On Tuesday prime minister while chairing an informal consultative meeting of the PML-N senior leaders said that his government would fulfil all the legal and constitutional requirements on the issue of Pervez Musharraf. Quoting sources, it was reported that most of the party members were against removing the name of Musharraf from the ECL.
Likewise Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique told reporters outside the Parliament House on Wednesday if Musharraf was allowed to go abroad, what they would answer to the nation.
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