A constitutional petition seeking the recovery and release of deposed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has landed in Federal Constitutional Court (FCC).
National Assembly (MNA) Member Shandana Gulzar filed the constitutional petition under Article 175/3 E of the Constitution on Thursday.
Alongside Sohail Afridi, the petition requests the immediate recovery and release of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Speaker Babar Saleem Swati and MNA Junaid Akbar
The filing challenges the constitutional limits of emergency powers under Articles 232, 234, and 245. It argues that fundamental citizen rights cannot be suspended under the cover of Governor’s Rule or a state of emergency, asking the court to declare their detention and movement restrictions illegal.
The court, however, directed officials concerned to submit a report regarding whereabout and venue of detained Chief Minister next date.
Earlier, Afridi was placed in preventative custody following the federal government’s imposition of a state of emergency and Governor’s Rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on October 11, 2026.
