The Peshawar High Court is now the battleground for a legal showdown following the caretaker government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s decision to include the names of former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) ministers and assembly members in the Fourth Schedule. The move resulted in the rejection of their nomination papers for the upcoming elections.
Prominent figures from PTI, including Dr. Amjad Ali, Salim-ur-Rehman, Mian Sharaft Ali, GulZafar Khan, Anwar Zeib, Humayun Khan, and Fazal Hakeem, have filed petitions challenging the decision. Advocates Syed Sikandar Hayat Shah and Muhammad Adil Khan (Senior) have submitted the pleas on behalf of the aggrieved former assembly members and provincial ministers.
The petitions target the provincial government, Additional Chief Secretary Home, Inspector General of Police (IGP), and the administrations of the respective districts as respondents.—INP
