ISLAMABAD:The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court (SC) for the withdrawal of its review petition against the judgment delivered in the Faizabad sit-in case.
Pemra has filed a petition in the apex court, stating that it did not want to pursue the case anymore.
The development comes a day after the Intelligence Bureau (IB) expressed before the Supreme Court its intention to withdraw a petition asking the top court to revisit the 2019 verdict against the sit-in by the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) in Faizabad, Islamabad.
The application from Pemra came just two days before the hearing of the review petitions by a three-member bench led by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa and comprising Justice Aminuddin Khan and Justice Athar Minallah.
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 on September 28.
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 The government had withdrawn the amendment that had stirred the hornet’s nest among many.
