Notices issued on plea of Moonis's wife.

LAHORE -- The Lahore High Court on Thursday issued notices to the interior ministry and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on a petition of the wife of former federal minister Moonis Elahi challenging the inclusion of her name in the no-fly list.

Petitioner Tehreem Elahi submitted through a counsel that she was going abroad on Jan 10 but the immigration officials at the Lahore airport did not allow her to board the plane.

She said the officials informed her that her name had been placed in the exit control list (ECL) and she could not leave the country.

The petitioner contended that the interior ministry targeted her on political grounds after her husband and father-in-law...

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