Maryam files another plea in LHC.

Lahore -- Maryam Nawaz, a key leader of PML-N, and daughter of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, filed the second petition in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday, seeking removal of her name from the Exit Control List (ECL).

A division bench, headed by Justice Ali Baqar Najafi, will hear the petition, filed by Muhammad Amjad Pervaiz and Azam Nazeer Tarar on behalf of Maryam, tomorrow (on Monday).

Earlier, the LHC had disposed of a similar petition on December 9, filed by Maryam on December 7, with the direction to the federal government's review committee to settle the issue within seven days.

In the second such petition, the PML-N leader has again sought a one-time permission to travel abroad for six weeks.

Maryam says in the petition, 'The respondent government be kindly directed to delete the name of the petitioner from Exit Control List forthwith. Meanwhile, pending the disposal of the instant petition, the petitioner may kindly be granted one-time permission to travel abroad for six weeks from the date of departure.'

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