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Dr Asim’s Lawyer Asks Agencies to Remove Name from ECL

Karachi (Sep 8, 2017):Counsel of Dr Asim Hussain, former Petroleum Minister and PPP leader, has written letters to different agencies and departments for the removal of Dr Asim’s name from Exit Control List (ECL) as per Supreme Court order.

In the letters, the counsel stated that Supreme Court had allowed Dr Asim to go abroad. “Dr Asim wanted to ago abroad for treatment so his name should be removed from ECL,” he urged.

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The letter written to Immigration Department, NAB, FIA and other, stated that Dr Asim had submitted the surety money of Rs6 million against which the court allowed him to go abroad.Meanwhile, Dr Asim also filed application in the anti-terrorism court for issuance of No Objection Certificate (NoC). The court sought schedule of Dr Asim’s trip to abroad.

It is to be mentioned here SC directed relevant authorities to remove the name of Dr Asim Hussain ECL on August 29.

The decision was made by a three-member apex bench, headed by Justice Dost Muhammad Khan of SC after hearing arguments of his counsel Barrister Latif Khosa.The SC had ordered the Federal Investigation Agency, the Interior Ministry, immigration and other government institutions to remove Hussain’s name from the ECL against a surety of Rs6 million to be submitted in the trial court.Asim was placed on the ECL in November 2015. He subsequently petitioned the courts to have his name removed.Dr Hussain, a close aide of former president and PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, faces several charges including corruption references filed by NAB of Rs 479 billion. He is also alleged to have provided treatment and protection to terrorists at a hospital owned by him.

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