Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Friday moved the Supreme Court of Pakistan for withdrawal of his review petition in the Faizabad sit-in case.
The former interior minister, in his application to the apex court, contended that neither did he attend the concerned sit-in nor he had links with the Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP).
Multiple pleas were filed challenging the SC verdict on the Faizabad sit-in staged by the TLP in 2017. The verdict was given by the apex court’s two-member bench comprising now-Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa and Justice Mushir Alam.
The sit-in was staged against the then-Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government.
Rashid’s application for withdrawal comes after the federal government along with Pakistan Tehreek-Insaf (PTI), the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), the Intelligence Bureau (IB), the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Pakistan Muslim League-Zia (PML-Z) President Ijaz Ul Haq’s pleas retracting their review petitions.
The three-member Supreme Court bench led by CJP Isa will hear review petitions in the Faizabad sit-in case on November 1.
