Achakzai, Abbas move FCC for release of Sohail Afridi, detained lawmakers

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ISLAMABAD: The leaders of the opposition in both Houses of Parliament on Saturday approached the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC), seeking the immediate release of Sohail Afridi, the non-functional Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister, along with eight other elected members of the provincial assembly and six members of the National Assembly. Afridi has not been seen since the Centre imposed governor’s rule and emergency in KP on Oct 11. The very next day, a federal minister confirmed that he and some of his cabinet members were in preventive custody. While the government has transferred powers to KP Governor Faisal Karim Kundi, the PTI has asserted that Afridi “remains and shall continue” to serve as the KP…

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