{
  "id": 10396468,
  "title": "Court Rules Against Passport Restriction on Valid Travel Documents",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/court-rules-against-passport-restriction-on-valid-travel-documents",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-28T06:59:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ProPakistani",
    "slug": "propakistani",
    "url": "https://propakistani.pk/2026/09/28/court-rules-against-passport-restriction-on-valid-travel-documents/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Islamabad High Court has ruled the Passport Rules, 2021 unconstitutional, specifically the provision allowing a citizen's name to be placed on the Passport Control List (PCL) without identifying a competent authority or providing legal safeguards. The ruling was made in response to a petition filed by Moinuddin, who was denied entry to Saudi Arabia for Umrah despite having a valid passport, visa, and ticket. The court found that the authorities lacked the power to stop a citizen from traveling on a valid passport and that the provision exceeded the authority granted by the Passports Act, 1974 and the Constitution.",
  "summary": "The Islamabad High Court has declared unconstitutional a provision of the Passport Rules, 2021, that allowed a citizen’s name to … Read More The post Court Rules Against Passport Restriction on Valid Travel Documents appeared first on ProPakistani .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}