ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has asked the Sindh High Court (SHC) to decide on the super model Ayyan Ali’s plea against the placement of her name in Exit Control List (ECL) for the third time within two weeks. The top court while upholding its earlier directions restrained the SHC from issuing any adverse order against Secretary Interior and others in the contempt of court case filed by Ayyan Ali. On June 2, 2016, the SHC had declared that its order regarding Ayyan Ali would take effect on June 9, ruling that until then the federation could move SC against the verdict, if it so desired. Consequently, on June 9, the interior ministry filed a criminal appeal under Article 19 (1) (ii) of the Contempt of Court Ordinance 2003 against the verdict of Sindh High Court. The top court also ruled that Ayyan’s name should not be placed in ECL without prior approval of superior courts. The top court further issued notices to investigation officer and prosecutor general Punjab to submit their reply against a separate petition filed by Saima Ijaz, widow of customs inspector, opposing removal of the model’s name from ECL. However, the top court directed Advocate Shafqat Munir Malik, counsel for widow, to attach supporting documents with original petition in order to establish the legal relevance with the interior ministry’s petition, which challenged the SHC verdict. The top court also issued notices to chairman Federal Bureau of Revenue, Interior Secretary, Additional Secretary Interior, Director General Passport and Immigration and supervisor at Jinnah International Airport to submit their replies in contempt of court plea filed by Ayyan Ali. A three-judge bench headed by Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Thursday took up three different clubbed petitions regarding Ayyan Ali’s case. During the course of hearing, Lateef Khosa, counsel for Ayyan, told the court that the judiciary was being ridiculed for not allowing his client to fly abroad, adding this act of the interior ministry showcased its negative intentions. He argued that freedom of movement was the fundamental right of every citizen. If former President Musharraf was allowed to go abroad, what grounds did the court have for refusing the same for his client? He argued that the son of the chief justice had been kidnapped and terrorism was rife, but the government only cared about harassing a 23-year old girl. He said she could not even meet her mother and now received life threats. Regarding the murder of a customs inspector, Khosa said that at the time of commission of crime his client was in jail. She was not nominated in the FIR, and allegations of murder were baseless. He said that the SC already declared that movement of the person could not be restricted on the basis of mere allegations. Punjab Law Minister Rana Sana Ullah was accused of 22 murders, while similar cases had been registered against Shahbaz Sharif.