Ayyan Ali's name remains on Exit Control List despite SHC's order

KARACHI: Model Ayan Ali’s lawyer has failed to produce a copy of the Supreme Court’s (SC) order that rejected the Ministry of Interior’s appeal to keep her name in the Exit Control List (ECL).

The model’s lawyer filed a contempt petition against the Ministry of Interior in the Sindh High Court (SHC).

However, when Justice Farooq Shah asked for a copy of the SC’s order that upheld SHC’s decision to remove Ali’s name from the ECL, the lawyer failed to do so.     

The court ordered the lawyer on Monday to produce the copy on March 3. 

Earlier on January 19, the SHC ordered that the model’s name be removed from ECL. The interior ministry removed the model’s name from the ECL but added it back a few hours later.

Ali filed a contempt of court application against the federal government for restricting her from travelling abroad despite the court’s order.

After authorities returned her passport, the model’s legal counsel approached the court first in December 2015 to request removal of her name from the ECL.

In November 2015, Ali pleaded guilty when she was indicted for attempting to smuggle more than half a million dollars in cash out of the country.

She was stopped at Islamabad’s Benazir Bhutto International Airport on March 14, 2015 before reportedly boarding a flight to Dubai. She was arrested on charges of money laundering after customs officials recovered $506,000 from her luggage.