Three-member Supreme Court (SC) bench headed by Justice Saquib Nisar heard petition filed by the federal government for early hearing of the plea regarding former president Pervez Musharraf’s name on Exit Control List (ECL).
The bench in its remarks decided to send the matter to the Chief Justice for early hearing of Musharraf case.
Earlier, the federal government filed a plea requesting the early hearing of the case.
Attorney General Salman Aslam Butt argued that the matter pertains to ex-president’s leaving abroad and it should be decided in next two or three days.
Musharraf had filed a petition in the court to remove his name from the ECL so that he can visit his ailing mother in the UAE.
Musharraf, the first military ruler in Pakistan’s history to be tried in court, has rejected all the charges levelled against him, including treason. If convicted, he can potentially face the death penalty.
