ISLAMABAD:Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Thursday filed an application in the Supreme Court seeking permission to withdraw its review petition against the apex court judgement in Faizabad sit-in case.

The MQM moved a miscellaneous plea in the Supreme Court aimed at seeking withdrawal of its review petition. It stated that the party and its coordination committee did not want any further proceedings in the review case.

The MQM has joined Ministry of Defence, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) who had also filed pleas wishing to withdraw their review appeals.

AML chief Sheikh Rashid’s lawyer had filed a request for adjournment in the case. Earlier, the Supreme Court had issued a notice on the absence of the MQM’s lawyer during the hearing on September 28 and had asked the party to withdraw the application or continue the proceedings.

Several review petitions were filed against the verdict authored by now Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa on February 6, 2019. This SC judgment had pertained to a sit-in staged by the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) in Faizabad in 2017.