Members of the Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan gather during the 2017 sit-in in. PHOTO: REUTERS.
PTI, in its plea, omitted objections against Justice Qazi Faez Isa and argued that the party was not given a fair chance to present their case.
The plea stated that observations were given against PTI but the party was not given a chance to justify its stance. PTI pleaded to expunge the observations against the party from the court’s decision.
Read: Faizabad sit-in case full judgement
The ruling party had earlier filed a petition that levelled allegations of misconduct against the SC judge. However, the petition was returned after disapproval from the registrar office. Later, the Election Commission of Pakistan abolished the objections and resubmitted the plea.
On April 15, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) challenged the apex court verdict in the Faizabad sit-in case, saying that it will adversely affect the morale of the armed forces.
ISI challenges SC's Faizabad sit-in verdict
The verdict, authored by Justice Isa, had directed the intelligence agencies, including the ISI, the Intelligence Bureau (IB), Military Intelligence (MI), and the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) to not exceed their constitutional mandates.
So far, seven review petitions have reportedly been filed against the February 6 ruling. Under the SC Rules 1980, an aggrieved party can move review petition within 30 days but in this case, the SC registrar extended the time till April 18 for the parties to file their reviews.
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