The High Court in the full text of a verdict has observed that the provision -- Islam as the state religion -- is not contradictory to the constitution.

The High Court yesterday rejected the writ petition that challenged the legality of a constitutional provision giving Islam the status of state religion.

The Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday called for a dawn-to-dusk “peaceful” hartal for today to protest “the conspiracy against Islam's status as the state religion in the constitution”.

Jamaat-e-Islami calls nationwide dawn-to-dusk hartal tomorrow alleging that move is on to abandon Islam as state religion.