ISLAMABAD, May 16 (DNA): The government on Sunday has decided to move Supreme Court of Pakistan against Lahore High Court’s (LHC) decision of excluding the name of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president and opposition leader in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif from the blacklist.
According to details, the federal government has prepared the appeal seeking suspension of LHC decision.
The petition will be filed before the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday (tomorrow) under article 185 (3) of the Constitution of Pakistan.
As per the content of the petition, it will seek answers as to how the honorable judge of the LHC could allow abroad travel without issuing notices to concerned departments. It will further raise questions on how a single-bench judge could decide on a matter relating to controversial issues.
It read that if a person is facing cases pertaining to corruption of billions of rupees, how could he be allowed to leave the country without taking prior approval from a trial court hearing such cases.
The bail plea of the accused namely Shahbaz Sharif was rejected previously by honourable judges of the high court, the petition reminded while further raising a query as to how such application for abroad travel could be approved without authentication from a medical board.
The petition would ask the apex court to suspend the LHC order of May 07 keeping in view the above-mentioned queries and allow the government to appeal against the decision.
It is to be mentioned here that LHC had allowed Shehbaz Sharif to go abroad. Justice Ali Baqir Najfi announced the ruling on the former Punjab chief minister’s petition seeking exclusion of his name from the blacklist.
The court allowed Shehbaz Sharif one-time visit to United Kingdom from May 8 to July 5 for medical check-up, besides seeking reply from respondents.
Earlier, Federal Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed had clarified that name of Shehbaz Sharif had not been placed on Exit Control List (ECL) yet.
Sheikh Rashid, in a video statement, said that the ministry didn’t received summary from the cabinet. DNA
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