FCC suspends LHC decision setting aside govt's authority to render passports inactive

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) on Monday suspended the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) December 23, 2025, decision declaring key provisions of the Passport Rules 2021, which allowed the government to render a citizen’s passport inactive and impose long-term travel bans on deportees and human trafficking suspects, as ultra vires. With the suspension of the LHC order, the federal government’s authority to inactivate passports and slap long-term travel bans stands restored for the t...

By none@none.com (Nasir Iqbal)