BHC summons Balochistan officials

Published April 30, 2008

QUETTA, April 29: A division bench of the Balochistan High Court issued notices on Tuesday to deputy attorney general and advocate general of the province in a petition filed by Habib Jalib Baloch, secretary-general of the Balochistan National Party-M.

Mr Baloch requested the court to order removal of his name from the Exit Control List (ECL) to enable him to go abroad for medical treatment.

The bench comprising Chief Justice Amanullah Khan Yasinzai and Justice Akhtar Zaman Malghani directed the law officers to appear in the court on May 13.

The petitioner said that he was suffering from various diseases and doctors had advised him to go abroad for treatment.

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