ISLAMABAD – The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Thursday reserved its judgmentin a petition of Lt. Gen (Retd) Asad Durrani seeking to removehis name from exit control list (ECL).Justice Mohsin Akhter Kiyani reserved the decision after thetwo sides concluded their arguments in the matter. Durrani’s namewas placed on ECL after writing a controversial book.The representative of Ministry of Defense, appeared before thecourt and submitted the sealed inquiry report to the judge regardingthe matter. He informed the bench that the inquiry had beenconcluded.The official requested the court that Durrani’s name shouldbe kept on ECL in light of the inquiry report.At this, petitioner’s counsel Umer Farrukh Adam said whetherhis client had to face court martial on writing a book.The bench remarked that no such thing was recommendedin the inquiry report.Durrani said that whether his book had caused a risk tonational security, adding former president Pervaiz Musharrafhad also written a book.Adam said that his client got retirement in 1993 and what’swrong if he had written a book in 2018 on basis of analysis.After hearing the arguments, the bench reserved its judgmentin the case.
Former ISI Chief petition: IHC reserves verdict
