ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved judgment on the federation’s appeal against the Sindh High Court order to remove Ayyan Ali’s name from the Exit Control List.

Sardar Latif Khosa, counsel of the model, said that the Ministry of Interior officials say they would die but not let Ayyan go abroad. The ministry is making mockery of law and constitution, he added.

Responding to the argument of Khosa, Additional Attorney General Waqar Rana said that the counsel wanted to make headline for media.

Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed, heading a three-judge bench, which heard the federation’s appeal against the Sindh High Court order, said the counsels of both the parties are not addressing the legal questions. He asked them don’t make the court fish market.

Justice Azmat due to bickering between the federation and Ayyan’s counsels and continuous interruption said the order would be dictated in the chamber.

On March 7, the SHC had struck down a memorandum of the interior ministry that prevented the model from travelling abroad and allowed her to do so. The apex court had also upheld the SHC order on April 13 after the government filed an appeal against the SHC judgment.

However, the name of Ayyan was again placed on ECL in account of person liability to pay an amount of Rs52960600 on the request of FBR. Later, Ayyan filed a contempt petition in the SHC, where the interior ministry’s order to place her name has been set aside second time.

Last week, Interior Secretary Arif Ahmed Khan filed an appeal against the SHC’s June 2 order to remove Ayyan’s name from ECL. AAG Waqar Rana submitted that the high court’s order is not sustainable under the law. He also expressed apprehension that uploading of list of persons on ECL on its website may create social and cultural problems for persons on ECL as society would show hate toward such persons on ECL whether guilty or not when they are followed on website.