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Former ISI Chief files yet another petition in the Islamabad High Court

Former ISI Chief files yet another petition in the Islamabad High Court

*ISLAMABAD – **Former ISI Chief General Asad Durrani files yet anotherpetition in the Islamabad High Court.*

*Former ISI director-general Asad Durrani has filed a contempt case againstthe interior secretary for failing to follow court orders in a petitionseeking the removal of his name from the Exit Control List. *

He filed a petition against Major (retd) Azam Suleman Khan in the IslamabadHigh Court on Monday.

On February 27, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiyani had given the secretary amonth to make a decision on the removal of his name from the no-fly list,the petition says. He was supposed to make a decision by March 27 but hedidn’t, it adds.

Contempt proceedings should be initiated against the secretary for failingto follow the orders, according to the petition.

Durrani’s name was put on the ECL on May 29, 2018 following the PakistanArmy’s request to impose a travel ban on him. The decision was taken a dayafter Durrani visited GHQ to explain his stance on his controversial book *TheSpy Chronicles*. The book was co-authored by Durrani and former chief ofIndian spy agency RAW Amarjit Singh Dulat.

On February 22, 2018 ISPR DG Major General Asif Ghafoor had said thatDurrani was found guilty of violating the military code of conduct. A courtof inquiry was also ordered against him.