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KP CM Afridi detained in FCC challenge
Opposition leaders file FCC petition to release detained KP CM and lawmakers.
In brief
Opposition leaders file FCC petition to release detained KP CM and lawmakers. Opposition leaders Achakzai and Nasir Abbas urged FCC to release detained KP CM Sohail Afridi and eight other parliamentarians after government took them into custody. Originally reported by Geo News.
Opposition leaders file FCC petition
National Assembly Opposition Leader Mehmood Khan Achakzai and Senate Opposition Leader Raja Nasir Abbas filed a petition before the Federal Constitutional Court seeking immediate release of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister Sohail Afridi and eight other…
Detained lawmakers challenged in custody
The PTI-backed chief minister and other lawmakers had been taken into preventive custody hours before the federal government imposed governor’s rule and emergency in KP on October 11.
Petition demands disclosure
The petition urges the government to disclose the legal status and place of detention of detained lawmakers.
Constitutional rights at stake
The petition argues that keeping elected representatives in custody renders public mandate ineffective and violates Articles 4, 14, 17 and 25 of the Constitution.
Dialogue needed to resolve crisis
Allama Nasir Abbas stated that the only way to save the sinking boat is through dialogue and implementation of the Constitution, urging political parties to sit together and decide.
The big picture
Opposition leaders Achakzai and Nasir Abbas urged FCC to release detained KP CM Sohail Afridi and eight other parliamentarians after government took them into custody.
