Human rights lawyer and political activist Jalila Haider has been detained at the Lahore airport.
According to an FIA official, Jalila’s name was placed on the ECL last November.
Read: Jalila Haider, Pakistani lawyer makes it to BBC 100 Women 2019 list
Haider told a local news channel that,
“When I reached the immigration counter, I was told that my name is on the Exit Control List.”
Haider was invited to attend a workshop at the University of Sussex in the UK.
“The FIA officials opened a website and told me that I am accused of being involved in anti-state activity,” she said.
Jalila said that her name was added to the ECL in November but she was never notified. Her flight was scheduled at 6:40 am and was at the Lahore airport since 4:00 am.
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Haider was recently included in BBC’s list of 100 Most Influential Women.
