Islamabad , Pakistan ( CNN ) -- Pakistani Defense Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar is free to travel outside the country , Pakistan 's government said Friday a day after blocking his departure and sparking a national incident . There are 53 Pakistani individuals reinstated to an Exit Control List this week which prevents them from leaving the country -- but Mukhtar is not one of them , the National Accountability Bureau said . The confusion stems from a list , dating back several years , that prevented some government officials facing corruption charges from leaving the country . In October 2007 , the country passed the National Reconciliation Ordinance , which provided amnesty to about 8,000 people facing various offenses , said Mohammed Afzl Sindhu , Pakistan 's minister of state for law and justice . Among them were about 30 politicians . Those who had been on the Exit Control List were given amnesty and could travel . On Wednesday , Pakistan 's Supreme Court struck down the ordinance . The 17-judge court said the amnesty `` seems to be against the national interest '' and `` violates various provisions of the Constitution . '' Following that decision , the government restored the names of 53 people to the Exit Control List , said National Accountability Bureau spokesman Ghazni Khan . Mukhtar was among the officials protected by the ordinance -- but Pakistani officials say he was not among the 53 people on the Exit Control List . He was about to leave on an official trip to China on Thursday when immigration authorities told him he was on the Exit Control List . He said he raised the issue with the offices of the president and prime minister . `` It is clarified that the name of Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar was not included in that list of 53 persons , '' Khan said Friday . The National Reconciliation Ordinance , passed under then-President Pervez Musharraf , covered alleged wrongdoing between 1986 and 1999 . Among those protected by the order -- which expired last month -- were Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and his wife , former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto . Also on the list were bureaucrats , bankers , retired military officials , and low ranking government officials , Sindhu said Friday . With the order lifted , corruption charges against some officials will now proceed , Pakistani authorities said . An accountability court in Karachi summoned Interior Minister Rehman Malik to appear on January 8 , 2010 regarding an outstanding corruption case against him , said Malik 's attorney , Khawaja Naveed Ahmed . Ahmed added that 51 others have been summoned to court in Karachi . Atiq ur Rehman , spokesman for the National Accountability Bureau in Lahore , said the cases of 80 people accused of corruption and misuse of power have been reopened and sent to accountability court for further processing . They include include Jahamgir Badar , who is the secretary general of the Pakistan People 's Party , and Nusrat Bhutto , mother of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto . CNN 's Samson Desta contributed to this report .
Defence Minister Mukhtar is free to leave Pakistan after initally being denied . Recommend0 Confusion stems from a list that prevented officials facing corruption charges from leaving .