ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif chaired a meeting of the top leadership of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) which deliberated on whether former military ruler General (retd) Pervez Muharraf should be allowed to travel abroad.
The meeting failed to reach a decision on the issue and Prime Minister Sharif has summoned the leaders to deliberate again on Tuesday.
Chaudhry Nisar, Khawaja Asif, Parvez Rashid, Sardar Mehtab Abbasi and Ahsan Iqbal were among the PML-N leaders who attended the meeting.
According to sources the majority of PML-N leaders opposed removing Musharraf’s name from the Exit Control List (ECL) citing that punishing the former military ruler would ensure that there would be no future violations of the constitution.
PML-N leaders said allowing Musharraf to leave the country would be construed as a deal and it would be difficult for the government to defend this move.
Sources add that a recommendation was put forward which called for Musharraf’s name to be removed from the ECL if he apologised to the nation.
Some PML-N leaders called for Musharraf’s name to be removed from the ECL in light of other challenges facing the country.
The Interior Ministry is yet to decide on whether it will remove former President General (retd) Pervez Musharraf’s name form the Exit Control List (ECL) giving rise to speculation of his fate.
The decision is the talk of the town among people from all segments including politicians, media professionals and intellectuals.
The special court indicted Musharraf in the high-treason trial yesterday (Monday) and dismissed his petitions seeking permission to travel abroad. In its order the special court stated that Musharraf’s name had been placed by the government on the ECL and only the government could remove it.
Thereafter, Pervez Musharraf has submitted his petition seeking delisting of his name from ECL and the interior ministry has sought legal experts’ opinions relating to Musharraf’s request
Sources said experts have advised the government that deleting the name of Musharraf form ECL would be violation of the court order, as his name was put on ECL on the order of the Supreme Court.
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