{
  "id": 17949178,
  "title": "Petitions against detention of Sohail Afridi, others referred to PHC CJ for constitution of larger bench",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/petitions-against-detention-of-sohail-afridi-others-referred-to-phc",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T10:46:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2041837/petitions-against-detention-of-sohail-afridi-others-referred-to-phc-cj-for-constitution-of-larger-bench"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has referred multiple petitions challenging the detention of PTI leaders, including Sohail Afridi, to the chief justice for the constitution of a larger bench. Afridi has been missing since the imposition of governor’s rule and emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on October 11, with his whereabouts unknown. The PTI has alleged the detention and arrest of several of its members, including lawmakers and ministers, whose whereabouts have not been disclosed by the government. The PHC bench, comprising Justice Syed Arshad Ali and Justice Farah Jamshed, took up the petitions on Tuesday, referring them to the chief justice after the KP government and senior police officials failed to file their respective replies.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}