Dewan Rakyat Speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia is yet to give an affidavit-in-reply to Tawfik Ismail's application to prohibit Parliament from allowing PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang's motion on Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965 (Act 355), or any motion with similar characteristics, to be tabled and debated.

This is despite the High Court in Kuala Lumpur having, on June 23, directed Pandikar to do so.

Tawfik's lawyer Muhammad Faizal Faiz Mohd Hasani said the government lawyers had promised to do so by Aug 22...