ISLAMABAD: Leaders of the opposition in the National Assembly and the Senate Mahmood Khan Achakzai and Raja Nasir Abbas on Saturday filed a petition in the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) against the detention of nine members of the KP Assembly (MPAs), including ex-KP CM Sohail Afridi and Babar Salim Swati.
In the petition, it was prayed that all these missing MPAs be produced in the FCC.
The petitioners opined that keeping elected representatives in detention amounted to affront to the mandate given by the people.
They further said that extraordinary powers given under articles 232, 234 and 245 of the constitution were not over and above the basic human rights, which could not be infringed upon even if governor’s rule had been imposed.
Furthermore, the steps the government takes are subservient to the review of the constitutional court, read the petition.
