Court summons Ayyan Ali for next hearing in currency smuggling case.

A customs court on Wednesday ordered model Ayyan Ali to appear before the court in a currency smuggling case or she will be declared an absconder.

Ayyan was arrested from Islamabad airport while leaving for Dubai on March 14, 2015 and $506,000 were recovered from her possession.

Judge Arshad Bhutta heard the case today and dismissed applications filed by the model seeking permanent exemption from appearance, disposal of the currency smuggling case and suspension of arrest warrants issued against her.

The judge ordered the model to appear before the court for the next hearing and said if she fails to appear, they 'will initiate a process to declare her a proclaimed offender.'

The customs court had indicted Ayyan in November 2015 for attempting to smuggle over half a million dollars in cash out of the country, to...