PHC seeks replies from KP govt, IG over Sohail Afridi’s detention

The court has also taken up petitions concerning other Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders whose whereabouts remain unknown.

PHC asks KP government and IG to respond

A two-member bench comprising Justice Syed Arshad Ali and Justice Farah Jamshed will hear the petitions on November 3. The court has directed the respondents, including the provincial government and inspector general of police, to submit their replies by the hearing.

The petitions concern the detention or disappearance of several PTI leaders, including provincial assembly members and government officials. The petitioners want authorities to disclose their whereabouts and explain the legal basis for their detention, if they are in custody.

Sohail Afridi’s whereabouts remain unknown

Afridi has not been seen publicly since governor’s rule and an emergency were imposed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on October 11. His whereabouts were initially unknown, but a federal minister confirmed the following day that Afridi and some members of his cabinet were in preventive custody.