Arrest Ayyan Ali, orders customs court

RAWALPINDI - A Customs court in Punjab on Saturday ordered the arrest of Ayyan Ali, issuing bailable warrants for the model in a currency smuggling case.

Judge Arshad Bhutta, who presided over the hearing in the Rawalpindi court, maintained that Ayyan failed to appear at hearings over the last one a half years despite being repeatedly summoned.

The court issued warrants to ensure the accused is produced in the court on October 6, failing which strict action will be taken against her.

In September 2017, an officer of the Airport Security Force (ASF) claimed before a committee of the National Assembly that a personal employee of a former president had tried to rescue Ayyan when she was caught at the airport over two years ago on charges of smuggling money out of the country.

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Ayyan was arrested in 2015, at Shaheed Benazir Bhutto International Airport while boarding a flight to the United Arab Emirates with $506,800 without the permission of the State Bank of Pakistan.

She was sent to jail and faced a lengthy trial. She left for Dubai after she was released on bail and the removal of her name from the Exit Control List.