SC to form bench for implementation of 2014 verdict on minorities' rights.

ISLAMABAD -- The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday proposed to form a bench to implement the 2014 judgement in the protection of religious minorities' rights case.

A three-member apex court bench resumed hearing the case and sought a report from the federal and provincial governments in the matter within a month.

The matter for the formation of the implementation bench was later referred to Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa.

In its landmark 2014 judgement, authored by then chief justice Tassaduq Hussain Jilani, the apex court had suggested a framework for the protection of minorities. One of the recommendations in the verdict was also the creation of a national council to oversee the matters of the minorities.

The SC on Thursday stressed that the commission for minorities' rights should be given a...