SC to hear Faizabad dharna case on May 6

Islamabad: The Supreme Court Friday fixed the Faizabad sit-in case for hearing and issued notices to the concerned parties.

According to the details, a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa will hear the case on May 6.

The report of the Faizabad Dharna Commission will be submitted to the court on behalf of the federal government.

It is pertinent to note that on April 16, the Faizabad Dharna Commission set up to investigate the 2017 sit-in by Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) submitted its report to the federal government. Among other things, it was recommended to draft legislation and rules to regulate the functioning of intelligence agencies.

In the third week of January this year, the inquiry commission had to finalize the report and submit it to the Supreme Court. The federal government had directly approached the Apex Court for an extension of the stipulated time.

The position was adopted in the petition that the Faizabad Commission cannot finalize the report on the date given by the Supreme Court, the period of the inquiry commission should be extended.

Earlier on January 22, the Supreme Court had given one more month to the Faizabad Dharna Inquiry Commission to submit its report.

It may be noted that on November 15, during the hearing of the review petitions in the Supreme Court against its decision regarding the 2017 sit-in of TLP in Faizabad, the federal government had told the apex court that for the investigation into the matter, the government has formed a commission for this.