PHC removes pleas against emergency, detentions from cause lists
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Saturday removed around 105 petitions from its Nov 10 cause lists, including those challenging the imposition of emergency and governor’s rule in the province as well as the alleged illegal detention of dysfunctional Chief Minister Sohail Afridi and several other PTI lawmakers, leaders and workers. The move comes a day after the high court’s administrative…
Peshawar High Court on Saturday removed approximately 105 petitions from its November 10 docket, including those contesting the imposition of emergency and governor's rule in the province, as well as the unlawful detention of former Chief Minister Sohail Afridi and numerous PTI lawmakers, leaders, and workers. This decision follows a restraining order from the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) on October 12, which prohibited the court from considering petitions filed under Article 199 of the Constitution from that date onwards.
The FCC also declined to accept new petitions and directed them to approach an "appropriate" forum. On November 5, a two-member FCC panel stated that proceedings under Article 199 instituted after October 12 should be suspended as the armed forces were deployed to assist civil power in the entire province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) following an October 11 order.
The court directed KP Advocate General Sanaullah Khan to submit a report within seven days identifying areas where armed forces are no longer needed. This directive impacted several high-profile cases, including those challenging the emergency declaration and the detention of Sohail Afridi.
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