Justice Siddiqui subsequently ordered the changes to the oath be reversed as the Khatm-i-Nabuwwat issue could not be ignored, and asked for the report compiled by a PML-N committee probing the issue to be submitted to court.
Source/Credit: Daily Dawn
By Mohammad Imran | November 14, 2017
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday ordered to reverse in the Elections Act 2017 all amendments in sections pertaining to the Khatm-i-Nabuwwat oath.
IHC Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui was hearing a petition submitted by Tehreek-i-Khatm-i-Nabuwwat supporter Allah Wasaya against a controversial amendment to the Khatm-i-Nabuwwat oath in the law ─ which had earlier been deemed a 'clerical error' and subsequently rectified.
Despite the correction, daily life in the capital over the past week was disrupted by protesters belonging to religious parties, including the Tehreek-i-Khatm-i-Nabuwwat, Tehreek-e-Labaik Yah Rasool Allah Pakistan (TLY) and the Sunni Tehreek Pakistan (ST), calling for the sacking of Law Minister Zahid Hamid and strict action against those responsible for the error.
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