{"id":85853,"date":"2026-10-09T01:10:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T01:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/85853"},"modified":"2026-10-09T01:10:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T01:10:58","slug":"court-to-hear-petition-against-appointment-of-kp-chief-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/85853","title":{"rendered":"Court to hear petition against appointment of KP chief minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:16px;line-height:1.6\">\n<p><strong>The Federal Constitutional Court of Pakistan has scheduled a hearing on a case challenging the appointment of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Sohail Afridi.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A bench headed by Chief Justice Aminuddin Khan will hear the case concerning the disqualification of the KP chief minister on 15 October 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The petition was filed by lawyer and politician Sher Afzal Marwat, who has challenged the appointment of the KP chief minister.<\/p>\n<p>The petition argues that a person convicted of an offence does not have the legal authority to nominate or appoint someone to a public office.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also: <span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/punjab-govt-rejects-kp-cm-sohail-afridis-assassination-bid-claim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Punjab govt rejects KP CM Sohail Afridi\u2019s assassination bid claim<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Punjab government rejected Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi\u2019s claim that an assassination attempt against him was foiled in Wazirabad, saying the man detained near him was a police constable deployed on security duty, not an alleged assassin.<\/p>\n<p>In a video statement, the KP chief minister claimed that an armed man in plain clothes had been sent to kill him. Without naming anyone allegedly responsible, Afridi said his security team had caught the man, recovered a pistol from him and handed him over to the local police.<\/p>\n<p>He also shared a photograph of the alleged attacker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn assassin was sent in plain clothes with the intention of killing me. When my security team caught him, a pistol was recovered from him,\u201d Afridi said.<\/p>\n<p>He further alleged that the police had snatched their food and that electricity to the house where they were staying had been disconnected.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/court-to-hear-petition-against-appointment-of-kp-chief-minister\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Constitutional Court of Pakistan has scheduled a hearing on a case challenging the appointment of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Sohail Afridi. A bench headed by Chief Justice Aminuddin Khan will hear the case concerning the disqualification of the KP chief minister on 15 October 2026. 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