The government's fact-finding committee constituted to probe into the 2017 Faizabad sit-in was rejected by the Supreme Court of Pakistan, following which the court ordered the Attorney-General for Pakistan, Mansoor Usman Awan, to form a new inquiry commission.
The government, on October 27, formed a fact-finding committee to probe into the "role and directions" of all "concerned" officials in the management and handling of the sit-in in 2017.
During the hearing today, Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa said the apex court wanted to know who was behind the Faizabad sit-in.
"We want to know who was the mastermind of the Faizabad sit-in," he remarked, expressing annoyance over the decision not being implemented since its issuance on February 6, 2019.
Back in November 08, 2017, Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) organized a sit-in at Faizabad interchange against the amendments in the Election Bill 2017, changing the word oath to declaration.
The protesters demanded the resignation of Minister for Law and Justice Zahid Hamid to “protect the identity of the country”.
The protestors achieved their objective as the Pakistani law minister Zahid Hamid stepped down from his position on November 27, 2017 culminating in an end to the protests that continued for 20 days without harm.
