The Supreme Court on Monday allowed supermodel Ayyan Ali to travel abroad.
Upholding Sindh High Court’s verdict to remove the model’s name from the Exit Control List (ECL), a three-member bench headed by Justice Saqib Nisar dismissed the interior ministry’s appeal.
On Saturday, the interior ministry moved the top court against the SHC’s January 19 order for removing Ayyan’s name from the ECL.
Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Sajid Ilyas Bhatti filed a petition on behalf of the ministry, contending that while the high court could examine the legality of including a person’s name on ECL, granting permission to the accused to go abroad was “beyond its jurisdiction” under article 199(1) of the Constitution.