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| 2022 SLG 1319 2022 SLD 1319 2022 PLD 119 |
Lahore High Court
Writ Petition No. 14226 of 2019, decided on 19th July, 2021.
ABID HUSSAIN CHATTHA, J
Muhammad Amjad Pervaiz, Barrister Muhammad Momin Malik, Muhammad Aurangzaib, Muhammad Nawaz Ch., Anwar Hussain, Muhammad Adil Chattha and Mian Nasim Saqlain for Appellants. Hafiz Tallal, Legal Advisor for SECP. Azmat Ali Khanzada, Deputy Attorney General
Writ Petition No. 14226 of 2019, decided on 19th July, 2021.
ABID HUSSAIN CHATTHA, J
Muhammad Amjad Pervaiz, Barrister Muhammad Momin Malik, Muhammad Aurangzaib, Muhammad Nawaz Ch., Anwar Hussain, Muhammad Adil Chattha and Mian Nasim Saqlain for Appellants. Hafiz Tallal, Legal Advisor for SECP. Azmat Ali Khanzada, Deputy Attorney General
FARAH MAZHAR and 3 othersvsFEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Islamabad and 2 others
Law: Exit from Pakistan (Control) Ordinance, 1981
Section: 2
Law: Exit from Pakistan (Control) Rules, 2010
Section: 2(1)
Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973
Section: 15
(a) Exit from Pakistan (Control) Ordinance (XLVI of 1981)--- ----S. 2---Exit from Pakistan (Control) Rules, 2010, R. 2(1)---Exit Control List---Civil disputes---Petitioners were family members of CEO of a company working at stock exchange, who was alleged to have embezzled invested amounts of his clients---Names of petitioners were placed on Exit Control List and they were prohibited from going abroad---Validity---Petitioners’ case fell in none of the grounds listed in R.2(1) of Exit from Pakistan (Control) Rules, 2010---Dispute between CEO and clients of the company was essentially a private dispute---Petitioners were not directors or shareholders of the company---Case of petitioners did not fall under R.2(1)(b)(d) , (e) of Exit from Pakistan (Control) Rules, 2010---None of the petitioners was nominated by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in Reference filed before Accountability Court and no role whatsoever was attributed to them---Benamidar accused as defined in National Accountability Ordinance, 1999, did not incur any penal liability who was entitled to show cause notice by Accountability Court during trial to afford opportunity to explain sources of income---If Benamidar failed to satisfy Accountability Court, the property was liable to be forfeited---High Court set aside order of placing names of petitioners on Exit Control List as there was no cogent or substantive reason to place names of petitioners on Exit Control List---Mere relationship of petitioners with CEO of the company was not a valid legal basis---Constitutional petition was allowed in circumstances. Mst. Zahida Sattar and others v. Federation of Pakistan and others PLD 2002 SC 408; Dr. Joseph Wilson v. Federation of Pakistan through Secretary Ministry of Interior and others 2017 PCr.LJ 1569; Federation of Pakistan through Secretary, Ministry of Interior v. General (R) Pervez Musharraf and others PLD 2016 SC 570; Pakistan Muslim League (N) through Khawaja Muhammad Asif, M.N.A. and others v. Federation of Pakistan through Secretary, Ministry of Interior and others PLD 2007 SC 642; Riaz Ahmed v. Government of Pakistan and others PLD 2014 Isl. 29; Wajid Shams-ul-Hassan v. Federation of…
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