ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday termed the government decision to ban Jamaat-e-Ulema-e-Islami-Fazl (Fazl) subordinate organisation Ansarul Islam “infructuous”. Justice Minallah said if the Ansarul Islam workers were members of a political party then the notification to ban them was infructuous. When he noted that the Ansarul Islam workers held ‘sticks’ in their hands, Murtaza said the sticks were part of the flags. The political party’s counsel further informed the bench that the federal government had issued a notification without giving Ansarul Islam an audience first. Ahead of the JUI-F led Azadi March, the PTI government banned Ansarul Islam and empowered provinces to take action against it under Section 2 of the Private Military Organisations (Abolition and Prohibition) Act, 1974.

Source: Pakistan Today October 28, 2019 12:11 UTC