Government also withdraws Faizabad sit-in review plea
- By Hussain Ahmed Chaudhry -
- Sep 28, 2023
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Thursday filed a petition in the Supreme Court to withdraw its plea against the Faizabad sit-in verdict as the apex court is all set to hear the set of review petitions against the top court’s 2019 order.
A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa including Justice Aminuddin Khan and Justice Athar Minallah will hear the Faizabad sit-in review case today.
Earlier, the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Pemra also filed similar applications, seeking the withdrawal of their petition against the Faizabad sit-in verdict.
The review petitions in the case were filed by the Ministry of Defence, the IB, the PTI, the Pemra, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the Mutta¬hida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed and Ejazul Haq.
Faizabad verdict
On February 6, 2019, the Supreme Court (SC) ordered action against extremist elements in the written verdict issued for the suo-moto case pertaining to Tehreek-e-Labbaik’s (TLP) 2017 Faizabad sit-in.
The Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) held a weeks-long protest at Islamabad’s Faizabad Interchange in November 2017 against a little change in the oath lawmakers take. The court had taken suo motu notice soon after the protests.
The National Assembly had passed an amendment to the Finality of Prophet-hood (Khatm-e-Nabuwwat) oath for electoral candidates, drawing protests from religious groups in the country. The government had withdrawn the amendment that had stirred the hornet’s nest among many.