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SC disposes of 36-year-old polls system appeals
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Police officers walk past the Supreme Court of Pakistan building, in Islamabad, Pakistan April 6, 2022. REUTERS
The Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan has disposed of the federal government's 36-year-old appeals challenging the Federal Shariat Court's verdict that had declared certain aspects of the electoral system as un-Islamic. The appeals were settled after the government withdrew them.
A five-member Shariat Appellate Bench, headed by Justice Shahid Waheed, heard the case on Friday.
The additional attorney general informed the court that the laws earlier identified as un-Islamic by the Federal Shariat Court no longer exist, and that the Elections Act, 2017 is now the operative law governing elections in Pakistan.
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