CJ IHC Athar Minallah suspends flight ban on Shehbaz Gill, Shahzad Akbar, others.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders got a temporary relief from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday after it suspended the Federal Investigation Agency's (FIA) notification of a flight ban against them.

Former PM aides Dr. Shahbaz Gill, Barrister Mirza Shahzad Akbar had approached the IHC earlier in the day, requesting the high court to dismiss the ban. Later, the IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah also suspended the ban against former principal secretary Muhammad Azam Khan, Imran's ex-focal person on digital media Dr. Arslan Khalid, and Mohammad Nafees Gohar.

The CJ IHC maintained that according to the petitioner, after the no-confidence vote against former prime minister Imran Khan, their names were placed on the Provisional National Identification List (PNIL), arguing that only those involved in heinous crimes could be put on the list.

The CJ IHC issued a notification to the interior secretary and the director general of the FIA, and further ordered them to reveal the authority under which the petitioners' names had been placed on the 'stop list'.

The court, while referring to Gill and Akbar, asked whether the duo had plans to go abroad by today (Wednesday). "We are seeking a reply from the FIA tomorrow," Justice Minallah said.

The IHC then sought a reply from the interior secretary and the FIA chief and adjourned the hearing till today (Wednesday).

The PTI leaders had...