Hundreds of protesters from various religious parties on Monday gathered outside the Supreme Court in response to the recent ruling in the Mubarak Sani case.
The Supreme Court has scheduled an August 22 hearing to address the Punjab government’s urgent application, which seeks to remove certain portions from the verdict announced on July 24.
The application points out that prominent clerics and members of parliament have urged the federal government to petition the Supreme Court to correct specific aspects of the judgement.
Meanwhile, the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has raised concerns about several clauses in the recent ruling. Under the leadership of Dr. Muhammad Raghib Hussain Naeemi, the CII has called for a review of the decision made on July 24.
On Monday, a large group of protesters, representing various religious parties, entered the red zone and assembled outside the Supreme Court building.
Notably, the scholars who have requested federal intervention include Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani of Jamia Darul Uloom Karachi, Mufti Munibur Rehman of Darul Uloom Naeemia Karachi, Maulana Zahidur Rashdi from Gujranwala, Mufti Sher Muhammad Khan from Bhera, JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Jamaat-i-Islami emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman, Jamiat Ahl-i-Hadith Pakistan emir Prof Sajid Mir, Maulana Anwarul Haq of Darul Uloom Haqqania Akora Khattak, Chief Khatib KP Maulana Tayyab Qureshi, Syed Jawwad Ali Naqvi of Jamia Arwatul Wasqa Lahore, Sahibzada Abul Khair Muhammad Zubair of the Milli Yakjehti Council, and Maulana Muhammad Ijaz Mustafa, emir of Majlis Tahafuz Khatm-i-Nubuwat Karachi.
