An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC)—a specialised court that hears terrorism-related and certain related matters—on Monday issued notices on a petition filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Asad Qaiser seeking removal of his name from the Exit Control List (ECL), the official list that can stop a person from leaving Pakistan.
The development was recorded in Islamabad on November 2. The petition asks the court to take his name off that list. The ATC has not yet decided whether the name will be removed; it has first issued notices so the matter can proceed.
What the court ordered
ATC Judge Abual Hasanat Muhammad Zulqarnain issued the notices while hearing the petition. Notices are formal court directions that call on the relevant parties to respond so the case can move forward on the record.
No final order on the Exit Control List request was announced in the same sitting. The judge limited the step taken on Monday to issuing notices and fixing a later date for further work on the file.
Who brought the petition
The plea was filed by Asad Qaiser, described in the court proceeding as a PTI leader and the former speaker of the National Assembly. His Asad Qaiser petition asks specifically for removal of his name from the ECL, which is why the ATC hearing focused on that request rather than on any wider political dispute.
What happens next
After issuing the notices, the court adjourned further proceedings until November 12. That is the next listed date for the matter. Whether the name stays on or comes off the Exit Control List will depend on what the court decides after those proceedings continue.
Readers following this case should treat November 12 as the next formal checkpoint, unless the court later changes the schedule.
Aasan alfaaz mein
Asad Qaiser ne Exit Control List se apna naam hatane ki darkhwast di hai. Islamabad ki Anti-Terrorism Court ne is darkhwast par notices jaari kiye hain. Abhi naam list se nahi hata; court ne sirf notices diye aur agi sunwai 12 November rakhi hai. Jo log safar ya siyasat follow karte hain, unhein agla update usi tareekh ke baad milne ka imkaan hai.
