LHC permits Gill to travel to US for four weeks.

LAHORE -- The Lahore High Court (LHC) granted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shahbaz Gill permission on Wednesday to travel to the United States for four weeks.

A three-member bench headed by LHC Chief Justice (CJ) Muhammad Ameer Bhatti was hearing a petition seeking removal of Gill's name from the Exit Control List (ECL).

As proceedings commenced, CJ Bhatti questioned under what law the PTI leader's name had been placed on the list prohibiting him from leaving Pakistan.

The federal government's counsel informed the court that Gill had been accused in multiple cases in Islamabad and explained that he had been placed on the ECL upon commissioner Islamabad's request.

"As this matter concerns Islamabad, this court has no jurisdiction to entertain the petition at hand," the lawyer argued.

He further maintained that Gill had previously submitted an application to the federal government seeking permission to travel abroad as well.

"This matter has to be taken up in the next meeting of the cabinet," he implored.

On the contrary, Gill's lawyer asserted that the petitioner's name had been placed on the list "illegally".

After hearing the arguments, the LHC granted Gill permission to travel abroad for four weeks and sought a reply from the federal government by the next hearing.

Petitioner Shehbaz Gill contended...