PHC to take up plea seeking recovery of 'abducted' KP minister Fazal Shakoor
CHARSADDA/PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) will take up a petition on Wednesday seeking the recovery of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Public Health Engineering Fazal Shakoor Khan. The petition was filed on Tuesday, a day after the minister and two other men with him were allegedly abducted by unidentified armed men near Peshawar’s M-1 toll plaza. A case has also been filed at the…
The Peshawar High Court will consider a plea on Wednesday to recover Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Public Health Engineering, Fazal Shakoor Khan. The petition was submitted on Tuesday, following the minister's abduction alongside two others near Peshawar's M-1 toll plaza. The alleged abduction occurred on Monday afternoon, with the minister's brother, retired Major Anwar Aziz, filing the complaint.
An FIR has been lodged at the Chamkani police station regarding the kidnapping charges. The petition, filed by advocate Bashir Khan Wazir, requests the court to direct law enforcement agencies to recover the minister, whose whereabouts remain unknown. The petition also demands a high-level inquiry committee to investigate the incident thoroughly and take steps to recover the minister.
The respondents in the case include the KP Inspector General, Capital City Police Officer, Peshawar Senior Superintendent of Police Operations, and other relevant authorities. The petition claims that armed men in plain clothes intercepted the minister's vehicle, fired at its tires, and forcibly removed him. It urges the court to produce the minister before it if he is in the custody of any state institution or authority, and release him if his detention is deemed unlawful.
The hearing is scheduled for September 23 at a division bench of Senior Puisne Judge Justice Ijaz Anwar and Justice Kamran Hayat Miankhel.
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