Mubarak Sani case review: SCP retract some controversial paragraphs
Summary
- Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) is set to review its decision today on the plea of the Government of Punjab (GOP) seeking correction of the judgment in the Mubarak Sani case.
- TLP has asked the public to reach outside SCP at 8 AM on Thursday.
- The deputy commissioner of Islamabad has ordered a holiday for schools in the district and the red zone has been completely sealed with the containers.
- GOP has also imposed Section 144 in the province from Thursday to Saturday.
- All the sects and the Islamic Ideology Council of Pakistan (a government institute) have rejected many paragraphs of the very controversial judgement of SCP and demanded it to retract those from the judgement.
- Mufti Munib-ur-Rehman has also demanded to retract paragraph 42 and the SCP order to exclude sections 295-B and 298-C from the FIR.
Supreme Court orders retraction of paragraphs 7, 42 and 49c
After a very long hearing and opinions from a number of scholars, SCP has ordered the retraction of the most controversial paragraphs from its judgment in the Mubarak Sani review case issued on 24th of July,
Hearing in progress, the bench decides to take help from scholars in the court
The hearing has been started in the Supreme Court where various scholars are also present at the moment and the bench has decided to take their opinion on the issue. The bench has asked Taqi Usmani, Fazal ur Rehman, Abu al khair Zubair and Fareed Paracha to assist the court. Qazi Faiz said that the court asked Mufti Muneeb ur Rehman to be there and he didn't come, although his nominated scholar was there.
Thousands outside the Supreme Court
Despite sealed red zone and blockades at various points in the capital city including Faizabad, a huge number of TLP workers have reached outside the Supreme Court awaiting the case hearing. Many TLP leaders and other religious scholars have also reached the Supreme Court.
Arrest of TLP leaders
We are getting reports from various cities where the local TLP leaders have been arrested. Many workers have also been reported to be arrested late Wednesday night across the Punjab province.