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LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) will hear a petition filed by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz today in which she has requested the court to direct the government to remove her name from the Exit Control List (ECL).
A two-member bench headed by Justice Ali Baqir Najfi will hear Maryam’s petition filed on Saturday.
She has expressed concern for her father’s health, who is currently under treatment in UK, and requested the court to allow her to travel abroad so she can look after him. Maryam said she is under a lot of stress these days being unable to care for her father at a time when he needs to be closely monitored. She asked for her passport to be returned to her from the deputy registrar.
Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is in London after being allowed by the LHC. His health deteriorated a couple of months ago due to complications of the heart, kidney, lungs and a low platelet count.
In the petition, Maryam had said that Nawaz was not keeping well ever since her mother had died and she had been her father’s primary caregiver since then.
She also challenged the legality of her name being placed on the no-fly list by claiming that her arguments were not heard and asked the court to remove her name from the ECL till the final verdict in her case is announced. Maryam’s name along with that of her father Nawaz Sharif was placed on the no-fly list last year, following their conviction in the Avenfield reference.