LHC removes objection over Shehbaz's plea against govt for stopping him to travel abroad
LHC hears Shehbaz Sharif's plea against govt for stopping him to travel abroad
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday has removed objection over Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president and opposition leader in National Assembly (NA) Shehbaz Sharif’s plea against the federal government for not allowing him to travel abroad.
During the hearing, LHC judge Justice Ali Baqir Najfi remarked that the PML-N leader was allowed to travel abroad for only one time. Shehbaz Sharif’s lawyer Azam Nazeer expressed concerns over federation’s move to stop his client at airport and termed it as disappointing.
The counsel told that Shehbaz Sharif wants to go abroad for medical checkup. The system will be disturbed if the government continues to treat judicial order in this way, he added.
Earlier, federal government had filed a plea in Supreme Court to challenge the LHC order allowing Shehbaz Sharif to travel abroad and argued that how the honorable judge of the LHC could allow abroad travel without issuing notices to concerned departments.
The petition asked the apex court to suspend the LHC order of May 07 and allow the government to appeal against the decision.
Later, Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid also announced that the name of PML-N president was included in Exit Control List (ECL). National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had recommended to put Shehbaz Sharif’s name on the ECL as it was investigating a corruption case of seven billion rupees against him, he pointed.
On May 7, the LHC gave one-time permission to Oppositon Leader of National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif to go abroad for medical treatment. However, the federal government barred him from travelling abroad and announced to challenge the court’s decision.
