ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court withdrew its previous judgements in the high-profile Mubarak Sani case, following objections raised by religious scholars.
According to the court’s latest ruling, an application was submitted by the federal government and the Punjab government on July 24.
The applications sought corrections in the earlier judgements. Notices were subsequently issued to 19 prominent scholars, who raised concerns about specific paragraphs – 7, 42, and 49 – in the judgements issued on Feb 6 and July 24.
According to the latest order, after reviewing the scholars’ objections and hearing the arguments, the court decided to remove the paragraphs. As a result, the earlier judgements were retracted.
The final order also said the trial court had been directed to proceed with the bail case independently. Earlier, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman announced to celebrate Friday as a day of thanksgiving.
In a statement issued on Friday, the JI emir welcomed the Supreme Court verdict in Mubarak Sani case, adding that confusion which persisted after review petition was filed in the apex court was finally over. He congratulated the nation by saying that the apex court had removed the objectionable paragraphs from its earlier judgment.
He further said that the Khatm-e-Nabuwwat was an essential part of faith, adding that any tampering with the clauses of the constitution would not be tolerated at any cost. He also recalled a judgment by a military court when the JI founder Syed Maududi was handed death sentence when he wrote a booklet on the matter of Ahmadis, stressing that the JI was a guardian of the tenet of the Khatm-e-Nabuwwat. –Agencies
