LHC Allows Opposition Leader Shahbaz Sharif to Fly Abroad for Medical Treatment
LHC Allows Opposition Leader Shahbaz Sharif to Fly Abroad for Medical Treatment
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Government vows to contest the ‘one-time permission,’ which is valid from May 8 to July 5
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday granted Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) President Shahbaz Sharif a “one time” permission to fly abroad for medical treatment and ordered the government to remove his name from the Exit Control List.
The ruling, delivered by Justice Ali Baqar Najafi, stressed that the permission would span a specific time period starting from May 8 and expiring on July 5. It was delivered as a result of a petition filed by Sharif seeking the removal of his name from the no-fly list. During proceedings, he had contended that the incumbent Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led government had been “politically victimizing” him and urged the court to allow him to leave the country an
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LAHORE:
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday granted permission to PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif to travel abroad once for medical treatment.
The leader of the opposition in the National Assembly had filed a petition with the court, seeking directions to the quarters concerned for the removal of his name from the travel blacklist. Keeping in view the past conduct and travel history, the fact that name of the petitioner is not in the Exit Control List (ECL) at the moment, the name of the petitioner in blacklist, if already placed, will not stop the petitioner from one-time visit to UK from May 8, 2021, to July 3, 2021 for his medical checkup as per his personal commitment made before this court, read an interim order issued by the LHC.
Shahbaz Sharif allowed to seek treatment abroad
Pakistan
Fri, May 07, 2021
Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif secured one time permission by Lahore High Court on Friday to seek treatment abroad.
A hearing to remove his name from the government s no-fly blacklist was held today to deliberate the matter, which was presided over by Justice Ali Baqar Najafi.
Shahbaz had approached the court to grant him permission as a cancer survivor to seek treatment abroad. In his petition, moved through Senator Azam Nazeer Tarar and Advocate Amjad Pervez, Shahbaz had stated that after getting bail in Ashiana Housing and Ramzan Sugar Mills cases, he went abroad and came back.
Shahbaz Sharif permitted to fly abroad for medical treatment
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Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif. AFP/File
Shahbaz Sharif given one-time permission to travel abroad on medical grounds and must return by July 3.
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The Lahore High Court on Friday gave Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif one time permission on medical grounds to fly abroad for treatment.
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Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif arrives at the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) court in Lahore on September 29, 2020. AFP/File
LAHORE: PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif has approached the Lahore High Court (LHC) for removal of his name from the blacklist barring him from travelling abroad.
In his petition, moved through Senator Azam Nazeer Tarar and Advocate Amjad Pervez, Shahbaz has stated that after getting bail in Ashiana Housing and Ramzan Sugar Mills cases, he went abroad and came back.
The petition states that Shahbaz is a cancer survivor and needs to go abroad for treatment, but the federal government had put his name in the blacklist.