For the foregoing reasons, this petition is allowed. The impugned action whereby the petitioner was off-loaded on 31.01.2026 at Sialkot International Airport, Sialkot, is declared to have been taken without lawful justification and in a manner not consistent with the constitutional and legal requirements of fair, transparent and reasoned exercise of administrative authority. Consequently, the said action cannot be sustained in law. It is clarified that the impugned off-loading shall not by itself operate as a continuing restraint upon petitioner‟s right to travel abroad.

(2026 LHC 3249 )