Nearly 280 government officials and ministers have been placed on an exit control list by the high court, said Wajid Hasan, Pakistan's high commissioner in Britain.
The court of 17 judges invalidated the National Reconciliation Order on Wednesday, saying in its ruling that the amnesty "was against the national interest" and "violates the Constitution."
The order, passed in October 2007 under the then-President Pervez Musharaf, only covered alleged wrongdoings that had occurred between 1986 through 1999. The order, which expired last month, protected thousands of bureaucrats and politicians, including President Asif Ali Zardari, his wife, and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, from corruption and criminal charges.
Mukhtar, who was among the officials once protected by the order, was on an official trip to China when he was stopped at Islamabad airport.
Pakistan’s Supreme Court said its ruling means that every case that had been suspended or withdrawn under the amnesty will now be reopened.
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