ISLAMABAD:
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday ordered the removal of Aleema Khan’s name, the sister of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, from the travel ban lists and directed her to approach the trial court for permission to travel abroad.
The IHC also issued a six page-judgment allowing PTI leader Raoof Hasan’s plea for the removal of his name from the travel ban list and similarly instructed him to seek permission from the trial court to travel abroad.
IHC Justice Khadim Hussain Soomro heard Aleema Khan’s petition. During the hearing, advocates Ali Bukhari, Khalid Yousuf Chaudhry and Niazullah Niazi appeared in the court on behalf of the petitioner.
The court accepted the petition and ordered the removal of her name from the Passport Control List (PCL) and the Provisional National Identification List (PNIL). The court instructed her to seek permission for foreign travel from the trial court.
Meanwhile, IHC Justice Inam Amin Minhas issued his written decision, approving the petition of Raoof Hasan for the removal of his name from the PCL. The judge said that a criminal case, pending or under investigation, did not justify the inclusion of the petitioner’s name in the PCL.
The court declared the order to include Hasan’s name in the PCL as illegal. It added that the petitioner was on bail in the case against him but the state did not approach the relevant court for the bail cancellation.
The court ordered the removal of Hasan’s name from the PCL and directed him to approach the trial court for permission to travel abroad. The court also directed the trial court to decide the application expeditiously as per the law.
