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PHC barred from hearing petitions against 3-MPO arrests

Pakistan Published 5 November 2026, 13:39 · archived 5 Nov 2026

The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has restrained the Peshawar High Court (PHC) from hearing petitions challenging arrests under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order (3-MPO) Ordinance, issuing a stay order on an appeal filed by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, Aaj News reported. A two-member bench headed by FCC Chief Justice Aminuddin Khan on Thursday heard the provincial government’s appeal against a PHC order that had barred the administration from arresting citizens under the 3-MPO. Section 3 of the MPO is a legal provision that allows the authorities to arrest or detain a per...

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