LHC forms new bench to hear Maryam’s plea on ECL

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday constituted a new two-member bench to hear PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz’s petition seeking her removal from the Exit Control List (ECL). The new bench will be presided over by Justice Ali Baqar Najafi. Justice Tariq Saleem Shaikh will be the other member of the bench. The two will hear Maryam's petition on February 10. Previously, a two-member bench headed by Justice Tariq Abbasi had been hearing the petition. On December 21, 2019, Maryam had filed the petition in the LHC in a bid to have her name removed from the no-fly list. The petition was the PML-N leader’s second attempt to have her name struck off the travel restrictions list.