LHC issues notices to interior ministry, FIA on plea of Moonis’ wife

• Tehreem submitted through counsel that she was going abroad
• Petitioner said interior ministry targeted her on political grounds
• Justice Shehram Sarwar issued notices to the respondents

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday issued notices to the interior ministry and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on a petition of the wife of former federal minister Moonis Elahi challenging the inclusion of her name in the no fly list.

Petitioner Tehreem Elahi submitted through a counsel that she was going abroad on Jan 10 but the immigration officials at the Lahore airport did not allow her to board on her reserved flight.

She said the officials informed her that her name had been placed in the no fly list and she could not leave the country.

The petitioner contended that the interior ministry targeted her on political grounds after her husband and father-in-law decided to stand by PTI Chairman Imran Khan.

She asked the court to set aside the impugned action of the ministry being illegal and allow her to go abroad.

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Justice Shehram Sarwar issued notices to the respondents for submission of replies by Jan 16.

Moonis Elahi has already left the country apparently in wake of an inquiry by the FIA initiated against his family on charges of corporate crime.

On January 11, the Lahore High Court (LHC) had disposed of a habeas corpus petition challenging alleged detention of Ahmad Faran Khan, a friend of former federal minister Moonis Elahi, after the police produced the detainee before it.

Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Ghulam Mahmood Dogar had personally appeared before the court along with the alleged missing man. At this, Justice Aalia Neelum had disposed of the petition filed by the brother of Khan.

Outside the court, Khan had given no clear answer to the reporters who wanted to know as to who had kidnapped him. “I was with my family,” he had said.