{"id":8315,"date":"2023-09-27T07:25:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T07:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/pemra-withdraws-review-petition-against-faizabad-sit-in-verdict\/"},"modified":"2023-09-27T07:25:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T07:25:06","slug":"pemra-withdraws-review-petition-against-faizabad-sit-in-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pemra-withdraws-review-petition-against-faizabad-sit-in-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"Pemra withdraws review petition against Faizabad sit-in verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_98\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong>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, ARY News reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pemra has filed a petition in the apex court, stating that it did not want to pursue the case anymore.<\/p>\n<p>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 Pakis\u00adtan (TLP) in Faizabad, Islamabad.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Faizabad verdict<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s (TLP) 2017 Faizabad sit-in.<\/p>\n<p>The Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) held a weeks-long protest at Islamabad\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>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 The government had withdrawn the amendment that had stirred the hornet\u2019s nest among many.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"rocketlazyloadscript\">\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n      appId      : '161345524510473',\n      cookie     : true,\n      xfbml      : true,\n      version    : 'v3.0'\n    });\n    FB.AppEvents.logPageView();   \n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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, ARY News reported. Pemra has filed a petition in the apex court, stating that it did not want to pursue the case anymore. 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