The Supreme Court’s 2019 ruling against the Faizabad sit-in has not been implemented, according to Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa.
CJP Isa questioned why the court’s decision about the sit-in at Faizabad at the case hearing on Thursday.
Why is everyone so terrified, wondered the CJP.
The appeals regarding the ruling on the Faizabad sit-in that the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) staged in 2017 against the then-governing Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government were heard by a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa and including Justices Athar Minallah and Aminuddin Khan, and the hearing was postponed until November 1.
The federal government applied to the Supreme Court earlier today to withdraw its appeal of the judgment.
According to Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Mansoor Usman Awan, the federal government has decided to withdraw the appeal it had submitted via the Ministry of Defence.
Similar requests for the withdrawal of their petitions were also made earlier this week by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra).
In response to several review petitions filed challenging its last decision, the supreme court announced last week that it would take up the Faizabad sit-in issue again on September 28 (today).
The review petitions were submitted by the Awami Muslim League’s leader Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed, the Ministry of Defence, the IB, the PTI, the Pemra, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), and Ejazul Haq.
Additionally, Rasheed’s attorney requested a postponement of today’s hearing on the grounds that his client was not in prison and could not be reached.