{
  "id": 20123468,
  "title": "Peshawar ATC moves to declare Sohail Afridi proclaimed offender in Radio Pakistan attack case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/peshawar-atc-moves-to-declare-sohail-afridi-proclaimed-offender-in-20123468",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-15T05:25:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn - Pakistan",
    "slug": "dawn-pakistan",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2044563/peshawar-atc-moves-to-declare-sohail-afridi-proclaimed-offender-in-radio-pakistan-attack-case"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "PESHAWAR: An anti-terrorism court in Peshawar is set to declare former Chief Minister Sohail Afridi a proclaimed offender in the Radio Pakistan attack case, as detectives cannot locate him. Judge Wali Mohammad Khan ordered the issuance of proclamation notices under Section 87 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) for Afridi and fellow accused Mohammad Amir Khan. The court fixed November 24 for the submission of the detective constable's report and further proceedings. The warrants were issued on October 28 after a supplementary charge-sheet was submitted, naming Afridi, Amir, and other PTI officials in the May 2023 attack on Radio Pakistan in Peshawar. Afridi, who is the dysfunctional chief minister, has not been seen since October 11 when the governor's rule and emergency were imposed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.",
  "summary": "PESHAWAR: An anti-terrorism court here has started proceedings to declare dysfunctional Chief Minister Sohail Afridi as a proclaimed offender in the Radio Pakistan attack case as the relevant police official claimed that Mr Afridi couldn’t be traced. In the order sheet, Judge Wali Mohammad Khan noted that the detective foot constable (DFC) of the East Cantonment police station returned the…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Pakistan deputy PM Ishaq Dar's grandson, 7 others indicted in Lahore gang rape case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/pakistan-deputy-pm-ishaq-dars-grandson-7-others-indicted-in-lahore",
        "published": "2026-11-11T12:02:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Express Tribune - Pakistan",
        "title": "Peshawar ATC initiates absconder proceedings against Sohail Afridi in Radio Pakistan case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/peshawar-atc-initiates-absconder-proceedings-against-sohail-afridi-in",
        "published": "2026-11-14T11:21:31.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}