PHC grants pre-arrest bail to KP CM Gandapur

PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court (PHC) halted arrest of Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ali Amin Gandapur in all the cases registered against him till October 25.

The CM had filed petition in the court through his counsel Alam Khan Advocate expressing a fear of arrest by  Islamabad and Rawalpindi police and requested PHC to grant him pre-arrest bail.

The counsel of the petitioner told the court that there were cases against Ali Amin in Islamabad and Rawalpindi and the petitioner who was a sitting chief minister wanted to appear before the concerned courts but he could possibly be arrested by the police therefore a pre-arrest bail should be granted him to face the cases in the concerned courts.

PHC Chief Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim while accepting the plea of the petitioner granted him pre-arrest bail and prohibited his arrest in any case.

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LAHORE: A case has been registered against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister (CM)...

Earlier, A case has been registered against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister (CM) Ali Amin Gandapur and 250 to 300 others, including Shahid Khattak, at the Manawan Police Station in Lahore on Monday.

The charges, which include terrorism, attempted murder, and other serious crimes, were brought forward following a complaint from SHO Hudiara Hamas Hameed.

According to the FIR, Lahore Police were stationed on the Sialkot-Lahore Motorway when the group, allegedly led by Gandapur, attacked them.