Faizabad sit-in agreement is unconstitutional: IHC
LAHORE: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday declared that Faizabad sit-in’s agreement between protesters and state was unconstitutional, saying the agitators committed blasphemy and the state surrendered before them. Hearing a case on Monday regarding the Khatam e Nabuwwat clause of the recently passed Election Act 2017, the judge remarked that the state of Pakistan […]
LAHORE: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday declared that Faizabad sit-in’s agreement between protesters and state was unconstitutional, saying the agitators committed blasphemy and the state surrendered before them.
Hearing a case on Monday regarding the Khatam e Nabuwwat clause of the recently passed Election Act 2017, the judge remarked that the state of Pakistan surrendered to the sit-in protesters at Faizabad.
IHC judge Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui observed that each section of the agreement between the Faizabad protesters and the state was unconstitutional.
Justice Siddiqui wondered as to how the state could abolish terrorist cases against the same protesters who had paralysed the capital and brutally tortured police officials.
“Is the police not a part of the state? You should pay a four-month salary to the police officials for their work” he said.
The IHC judge also made clear that the court would not endorse the agreement made between the protesters and the state, saying the government accepted the demand of only one side and that the army played the role of a moderator in negotiating the contentious deal.
Justice Siddiqui said, “Nobody’s life is safe in the country.” The IHC judge also ordered for the AGP to stop the issuance of fatwas (religious decrees), from mosques and madrassas, declaring anyone a non-Muslim.
The IHC later adjourned the hearing until January 12.
