Lucknow, Dec. 13 -- Days after giving an extension to the properties registered under the UP Sunni Central Waqf Board, the state waqf tribunal on Friday allowed the same additional six-month time to the properties registered under the UP Shia Waqf Board as well. Now, the document uploading process of these properties can be completed on the government's UMEED portal by June 5.

The Shia Waqf Board chairman, Ali Zaidi, welcomed the decision and thanked the tribunal. The Board's standing counsel, Ruved Kamal Kidwai, and legal assistant, Zafar Sajjad, had filed the petition for the extension before the Tribunal. The petition detailed the Board's progress regarding the registration of Waqf properties since June 2025, the details submitted, an...