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Express Tribune
25-05-2025
- Politics
- Express Tribune
FIRs to be registered against deportees
The government has decided to take stringent action against citizens deported from foreign countries. In a high-level meeting chaired by Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Saturday, it was resolved that FIRs will be registered against all deportees. In addition, their passports will be cancelled, and their names will be placed on the Passport Control List (PCL) for a period of five years. To ensure effective implementation, a committee has been constituted under the chairmanship of Interior Secretary Khurram Agha that will review and strengthen the existing passport laws and regulations.
Express Tribune
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Express Tribune
Deported Pakistanis to face FIRs and passport cancellations, officials confirm
Listen to article Islamabad: Federal Minister for Interior Mohsin Naqvi chaired an important meeting in Islamabad. It was decided during the meeting that FIRs would be registered against deported individuals and their passports would also be canceled. It was further decided that deportees would be placed on the Passport Control List for five years. On the instructions of Interior Minister, a committee has been formed under the leadership of the Interior Secretary to further strengthen and improve passport rules and regulations. The Interior Minister stated that deportees are causing embarrassment for Pakistan at International level, thus no leniency will be shown to them in the future. Minister of State for Interior Tallal Chaudhry, Interior Secretary Khurram Agha, DG FIA Riffat Mukhtar Raja, and DG Passports Mustafa Jamal Qazi were present on the occasion.
Business Recorder
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Business Recorder
FIRs to be filed, passports to be cancelled of deported Pakistanis: Interior Ministry
The government will now register First Information Reports (FIRs) and also cancel passports of deported Pakistanis, according to a statement from the Interior Ministry on Saturday. The decision was made in a meeting chaired by Federal Minister for Interior Mohsin Naqvi. 'It was decided during the meeting that FIRs would be registered against deported individuals and their passports would also be canceled,' it said. 4,000 beggars deported from Saudi Arabia in 3 years According to the statement, the government will also place the deportees on the Passport Control List for five years. Naqvi further ordered to form a committee under the leadership of the Interior Secretary to further strengthen and improve passport rules and regulations. The minister stated that deportees were causing embarrassment for Pakistan at International level, thus 'no leniency will be shown to them in the future', the statement said.
Business Recorder
14-05-2025
- Politics
- Business Recorder
IHC orders to remove names of Aleema Khan, Raoof Hasan from ECL
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) ordered the removal of the names of Aleema Khan, sister of former prime minister Imran Khan and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Raoof Hasan from the Exit Control List (ECL), Passport Control List (PCL) and PNIL. A single bench of IHC comprising Khadim Hussain Soomro on Tuesday heard a petition filed by Aleema through her counsels, Niazullah Khan Niazi, Barrister Umair Khan Niazi and Khalid Yousaf Chaudhary and sought a declaration against the enlistment of her name in the blacklist/passport control list or PNIL list. The petitioner's counsel submitted that Aleema Khan is a member of two charitable organisations, i.e. Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital as well as Namal University. He submitted that the petitioner intended to travel abroad for a fundraising programme. However, her name has been listed on the blacklist without any cogent reasons. He submitted that as per instructions from her client, she has obtained bail in all the cases registered against her, and there are no proceedings of sections 87 and 88 CrPC, is pending in any court of law. In compliance with the directives contained in order dated 07.05.2025, respondent No2 (Director General FIA) has filed a report, which is taken on record. The judge observed that perusal of report reflected that the name of the petitioner was placed on Provisional National Identification List (PNIL) on the request of DIG (Legal) for IGP, Punjab, Lahore vide letter No.6689/Legal dated 07.05.2025 on the ground that she has been declared as absconder in FIR No.3393/24 dated 27.11.2024 offence under sections 395, 324, 427, 109, 143, 150, 188, 186, 341, 195, 148, 149, PPC, 7/21(I) ATA, P.S. Sadiqabad, Rawalpindi. Later, the IHC bench ordered to remove Aleema's name from the stop list and also directed her to approach the trial court to seek permission for travelling abroad. Meanwhile, another bench of the IHC comprising Justice Inaam Ameen Minhas declared the inclusion of PTI's former information secretary Raoof Hasan's name in the PCL illegal and based on a mala fide intention and ordered to remove his name from the list. Justice Inam Amin Minhas, while accepting Raoof's plea, ordered him to approach the trial court to seek permission to travel abroad. The judge also ordered the trial court to decide the fate of the PTI leader's plea as early as possible. The judge noted that Raoof was a cancer survivor and therefore, wanted to go abroad for a checkup. He wrote in his written order, 'In view of the above reasons, the instant writ petition is allowed. The act of the respondents to place the name of the petitioner on PCL is declared illegal, unlawful, unwarranted, arbitrary, without jurisdiction and based on mala fide.' 'The respondents are directed to remove the name of the petitioner from PCL or PNIL with immediate effect. However, the petitioner is directed to approach the learned Trial Court seized of the trial in case FIR No176/2024 seeking permission to travel abroad,' said the judge. He concluded that the trial court, if approached, shall decide the request of the petitioner expeditiously in accordance with law. Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
Express Tribune
13-05-2025
- Politics
- Express Tribune
IHC lifts travel ban on PTI leaders
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday ordered the removal of Aleema Khan's name, the sister of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, from the travel ban lists and directed her to approach the trial court for permission to travel abroad. The IHC also issued a six page-judgment allowing PTI leader Raoof Hasan's plea for the removal of his name from the travel ban list and similarly instructed him to seek permission from the trial court to travel abroad. IHC Justice Khadim Hussain Soomro heard Aleema Khan's petition. During the hearing, advocates Ali Bukhari, Khalid Yousuf Chaudhry and Niazullah Niazi appeared in the court on behalf of the petitioner. The court accepted the petition and ordered the removal of her name from the Passport Control List (PCL) and the Provisional National Identification List (PNIL). The court instructed her to seek permission for foreign travel from the trial court. Meanwhile, IHC Justice Inam Amin Minhas issued his written decision, approving the petition of Raoof Hasan for the removal of his name from the PCL. The judge said that a criminal case, pending or under investigation, did not justify the inclusion of the petitioner's name in the PCL. The court declared the order to include Hasan's name in the PCL as illegal. It added that the petitioner was on bail in the case against him but the state did not approach the relevant court for the bail cancellation. The court ordered the removal of Hasan's name from the PCL and directed him to approach the trial court for permission to travel abroad. The court also directed the trial court to decide the application expeditiously as per the law.
