KARACHI: Super Model Ayyan Ali on Tuesday approached the Sindh High Court (SHC), requesting it to initiate contempt proceedings against the Ministry of Interior for not removing her name from the Exit Control List (ECL) despite the court’s orders.
Earlier in March 2016, SHC directed the authorities concerned to strike her name off the ECL. However, it suspended the operation on its own order on the request of the attorney general as the government wanted to challenge the decision in the Supreme Court.
Ayyan did not have to wait too long as on April 13, the apex court upheld the decision of the SHC which removed her name from the ECL.
After the Supreme Court’s verdict, Ayyan had booked the ticket to go abroad but she was stopped from leaving the country at Jinnah International Airport on April 20. Ayyan was told that her name still existed in the ECL.
On the grievance, the super model approached the apex court, seeking contempt of court proceedings against the responsible for not removing her name from the ECL, but the top court told her to move the SHC regarding the issue.
The matter was started on March 14, 2015 when Ayyan was arrested from Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Airport, Islamabad. She was allegedly trying to smuggle half million US dollars. The passport of Ayyan and $500,000 were also confiscated by the customs authorities.
