LHC issues fresh wellbeing directives over offloading residents
The Lahore Regional judicial body (LHC) on Friday issued fresh wellbeing directives restricting the Federal Probe Bureau (FIA) from offloading
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LHC issues fresh wellbeing directives over offloading residents
The Lahore Regional judicial body (LHC) on Friday issued fresh wellbeing directives restricting the Federal Probe Bureau (FIA) from offloading passengers travelling abroad without valid legal grounds, ruling that residents possessing valid visas, tickets, and travel documents cannot be stopped merely based on vague suspicions or apprehensions.
The judiciary directed that immigration representatives must record detailed and meaningful reasons before offloading any passenger. It further ordered that all questions asked of passengers, along with their replies, must be properly documented.
The judiciary ruled that the right to travel abroad is a fundamental constitutional right and that the FIA’s powers are not unlimited.
The judiciary decision also directed representatives to electronically preserve interviews or conversations wherever possible and provide a copy of the offloading command or proforma to the affected passenger.
The judiciary emphasised that recording reasons is not a mere formality but a legal requirement, adding that administrative powers must be exercised transparently, fairly and strictly in accordance with the statute.
Meanwhile, the judiciary declared the FIA’s ruling to offload a citizen from travelling to Nigeria illegal despite the passenger having all the required travel documents. The ruling came on a legal challenge filed by citizen Muhammad Abbas.
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