PHC to form larger bench if ‘missing’ PTI leader not traced

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Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Mohammad Ibrahim Khan warned the government it would constitute a larger bench for hearing the case of the ‘enforced disappearance’ of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s general secretary in Kohat district if his whereabouts were not traced until today.

 PTI Kohat general secretary Salman Shinwari. — X/salmanshinwari
PTI Kohat general secretary Salman Shinwari. — X/salmanshinwari

Additional attorney general Sanaullah Khan told the single-member bench that he had contacted the relevant intelligence agencies but was told that PTI leader Salman Shinwari was not in their custody.

The bench directed him to submit a reply by today.

It declared that it would resume hearing into the matter today (Thursday) at 2pm and by that time, the detainee should either be freed or the court should be informed about whose custody he was in.

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