FCC bars PHC from hearing 3-MPO detention cases

The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has issued a restraining order, preventing the Peshawar High Court (PHC) from hearing cases related to the preventive detention of PTI workers and activists under the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance (MPO). This directive was issued by a two-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Aminuddin Khan and Justice Aamer Farooq.

The order follows the imposition of emergency and governor's rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and comes in response to a set of petitions challenging the interim bail of the detainees, which was granted by the PHC against surety bonds of Rs100,000 each. The PHC had issued these interim orders without any report from the provincial government explaining the reasons and circumstances leading to the detainees' detention. The PHC is scheduled to hear the case again on November 12. Further updates are expected.

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