KARACHI: The Ministry of Interior has notified that the name of model Ayyan Ali has been excluded from the exit control list (ECL).

According to the notification, name of Ayyan Ali d/o of Muhammad Hafeez has been deleted from the exit control list in compliance with the order of Supreme Court of Pakistan passed on April 13, 2016.

Ayyan Ali was arrested from the Benazir Bhutto International Airport in March last year after custom officials discovered over half a million dollars in her suitcase. Her name was subsequently placed on the ECL on November 20, 2015

Ayyan, now on bail, is under trial in the Customs Court at Rawalpindi on charges of attempting to smuggle $500,000 out of the country.

The model was arrested from Benazir Bhutto International Airport with $500,000 in March this year. The Airport Security Force intercepted her and recovered the said amount from her luggage. She was released on bail after four months in Adiala Jail.