Faizabad sit-in verdict: SC adjourns hearing after Govt, PTI withdraw review petitions

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The federal government filed an application to withdraw its review petition in the Faizabad sit-in case as soon as a three-member bench took up the matter on Thursday.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf also told the court it did not wish to pursue the matter any further. However, the court adjourned hearing till November 1 and asked for written replies to be submitted.

Led by Justice Qazi Faez Isa also included Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Aminuddin Khan. A total of eight petitions had been filed against the judgement out of which two had already been withdrawn before the hearing began.

The hearing began with Attorney General Mansoor Awan appearing at the rostrum and telling the court that the government wished to withdraw its review petition.

When Justice Isa asked the attorney general for a reason why the petition was being withdrawn, Awan replied that there was no specific reason.

PTI’s lawyer Ali Zafar also told the court that the party no longer wished to pursue the case. Even when Justice Isa offered him to become a party in the case, he declined.

However, the chief justice questioned why the review petitions had been filed in the first place and on whose orders it had been done.

Petitions by the Intelligence Bureau and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority were withdrawn just days before the hearings were to begin.

Reports in recent days had indicated that the the government’s main petition, filed through the Ministry of Defence, could also be withdrawn during the hearing.

Other petitioners include the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, Election Commission of Pakistan, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), the-then Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed and politician Ejazul Haq.

Rashid’s lawyer has also asked for a deferrment in proceedings as he is now a part of the caretaker cabinet in Balochistan. The lawyer has also told the court that he has been unable to contact Rashid since his arrest earlier this month.

The Faizabad sit-in judgement was announced by now Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa after a suo-motu notice was taken in 2017. The written order was issued in Feburary 2019.

Although the petitions have been in limbo since the time of filing, the matter was immediately fixed for hearing when the new chief justice assumed office.

The judgement had instructed the defence ministry and chiefs of the army, navy and air force to penalise personnel under their command who were found to have violated their oath.

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