Peshawar ATC moves to declare Sohail Afridi proclaimed offender in Radio Pakistan attack case

An anti-terrorism court in Peshawar is set to declare Chief Minister Sohail Afridi a proclaimed offender in the Radio Pakistan attack case, according to proceedings started by Judge Wali Mohammad Khan. The court ordered arrest warrants for Afridi, activist Mohammad Amir Khan, and three others on October 28 after a supplementary charge-sheet named them as suspects in the May 2023 attack on the Radio Pakistan building in Peshawar.

Initially, Afridi's residential address was listed in the warrants, but he has not been seen since the governor's rule and emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa began on October 11. The court fixed November 24 for the detective foot constable of the East Cantonment police station to submit a report on Afridi's whereabouts, after which further proceedings will be conducted.

The supplementary charge-sheet was submitted last month, nominating Afridi and four other PTI members as accused, following the findings of the Punjab Forensic Science Agency and the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra).