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PHC refers Sohail Afridi detention case to chief justice for larger bench

Pakistan Published 3 November 2026, 17:33 · archived 3 Nov 2026

The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has referred a case pertaining to detention of the non-functional chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sohail Afridi, provincial lawmakers and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers to the chief justice for its placement before a larger bench, the party said on Tuesday. In a statement, the PTI said the case was taken up by a two-member bench comprising Justice Arshad Ali and Justice Faheem Ali. The proceedings concerned individuals detained on October 11 and earlier, including Afridi, Provincial Assembly Speaker Babar Saleem Swati, Junaid Akbar Khan, Dr Amjad Kha...

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