JUI-F writes to CJP for early hearing of appeals against interest system
Pakistan
Federal Shariat Court ordered to make system interest-free within five years, communicates letter
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - JUI-F Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman penned a letter to the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP), Qazi Faez Isa, urging for a fast-track hearing of the appeals related to the interest-based financial system.
JUI-F sources said that the letter mentions the Federal Shariat Court's decision announced last year that ordered to make the system interest-free within five years.
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The appeals filed by various banks against this decision be heard soon, the letter added.
The JUI-F chief also asked the CJP to take steps to establish an interest-free economic system. He praised the chief justice's recent short order on the finality of the prophethood (Khatam-e-Nabuwat) and expressed that issuing a detailed judgment would fully satisfy the Pakistani Muslims.
