Court Rejects Ayyan Ali’s Plea To Withdraw Arrest Warrants

The court ordered to arrest Ayyan Ali and producer her before the court on Feb 15.

Lahore (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 23rd January, 2018) A customs court has refused to withdraw the non-bailable arrest warrants of model Ayyan Ali in Currency smuggling case.

The court ordered to arrest Ayyan Ali and producer her before the court on Feb 15.

Judge Arshad Bhatta held the hearing of money laundering case against model Ayyan Ali in a Rawalpindi customs court.

The court rejected all three petitions filed by Ayyan Ali, including withdrawing her arrest warrants, exemption from attending court hearings and concluding the case against her.

The court also issued notices to the witnesses to appear in the next hearing.

During the hearing, the judge remarked that the accused can go to Oman for treatment but can’t come to Pakistan.

He said that a proceeding will be done for declaring her proclaimed offender.

On March 14, 2015, Ayyan Ali was arrested at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport while boarding a flight to the United Arab Emirates carrying $506,800.

The lawyers of model Ayyan Ali had in November, 2018 challenged the non-bailable arrest warrants issued against her by the Customs Court in the currency smuggling case.

During the course of proceedings, Ayyan's lawyers Iftikhar Bajwa and Sarfaraz Metlo, who have replaced Latif Khosa for the case, pleaded that the warrants were issued despite the fact that her requests for sick leaves supported by medical certificates were submitted. They also requested the court to exempt her from appearing for the hearing on medical ground.

The lawyers assured the court that Ayyan Ali would appear before the court.