Summary Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddique ruled today that all the changes be reversed
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Islamabad High Court (IHC) has ordered reversal of all changes made in sections relating to the finality of Prophethood clause in Elections Act 2017 in a ruling given on Tuesday.
Petitioner named Allah Wasaya, a member of Tehreek-i-Khatm-i-Nabuwwat had filed the petition against the amendment which was deemed controversial and branded a clerical error before it was corrected at the time.
Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddique ruled today that all the changes be reversed saying that the issue pertaining to the finality of Prophethood clause could not be ignored. The court also ordered for submission of the report compiled by a committee formed by the federally ruling party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to probe the issue.
The petition had sought for a strict action against those responsible for the alleged mistake.
The development today has come in at a time when Tehreek-i-Khatm-i-Nabuwwat, Sunni Tehreek Pakistan (ST) and Tehreek-e-Labaik Yah Rasool Allah Pakistan (TLY) are continuing protests in Islamabad calling for the government to sack law minister Zahid Hamid among those responsible.
The amendment turned controversial in October this year when a phrasal change was noticed in Form-A of the elections law. “I solemnly swear” was replaced with words “I believe” in the Form-A which is submitted by elections candidates at the time of filing nomination papers.
