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SC issues detailed verdict in Faizabad Dharna case
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a written verdict on a suo motu case of the sit-in staged by the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) at Faizabad Interchange in 2017 and ordered the state to prosecute those advocating hate, extremism and terrorism.

In November 2017, the top court had taken suo motu notice of the three-week long sit-in, which was held against a change in the finality-of-Prophethood oath, termed by the government as a clerical error, when the government passed the Elections Act 2017. The sit-in was called off after the protesters reached an agreement with the government.

On Nov 22, 2018 a two-judge bench of the apex court comprising Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Justice Musheer Alam had reserved their judgement on the case.

The 43-page verdict issued by the two-judge bench and published on the apex court's website today read, "Every citizen and political party has the right to assemble and protest provided such assembly and protest is peaceful and complies with the law imposing reasonable restrictions in the interest of public order. The right to assemble and protest is circumscribed only to the extent that it infringes on the fundamental rights of others, including their right to free movement and to hold and enjoy property."

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