Gen Musharraf ECL case: Supreme Court sets aside SHC ruling

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday declared null and void a decision of the Sindh High Court allowing former president Gen. (retd) Pervez Musharraf to leave the country, Samaa reports.
The apex court’s ruling came in response to an appeal filed by the federal government.
The Sindh High Court earlier this month ordered removal of Musharraf’s name from the exit control list.
A two-member bench comprising Justice Shahnwaz Tariq and Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar in its ruling had said the federal government can file an appeal against the ruling within 15 days; therefore, the decision will be effective after 15 days.
Musharraf had filed an appeal in the SHC seeking removal of travel ban to visit his ailing mother in Dubai and get treatment abroad; however, the federal government has refused to allow him, on the grounds that he is facing treason charges.
The 70-year-old Musharraf was indicted in March on charges relating to his imposition of emergency rule in late 2007. The ex-general, who seized power in 1999 and resigned in 2008, has pleaded "not guilty" to the charges. – SAMAA