The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Wednesday filed a plea seeking permission to withdraw its review petition against the Faizabad sit-in verdict, a day after the Intelligence Bureau (IB) also decided the same.

In a separate petition, the media regulatory body decided to withdraw its review petition challenging the Supreme Court’s judgment in the aforementioned case issued by incumbent Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa in 2019, after Islamabad’s Faizabad city was confronted with a sit-in by the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakis­tan (TLP) in 2017, which continued for 20 days.

The IB, on Tuesday, filed a similar plea seeking withdrawal of its review petition as well.

Meanwhile, Pemra’s plea stated that the review petitions are pending against the verdict and the SC has scheduled a hearing on September 28.

Pemra said the Civil Review Petition is pending adjudication before the SC and is fixed for a hearing on September 28.

Citing chairman Pemra, the authority stated: “That the competent authority (Chairman PEMRA) vide letter dated 26.09.2023 has desired that titled Civil Review Petitiun filed on behalf of PEMRA.