FCC declares plea against KP CM’s appointment infructuous after governor’s rule

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) on Thursday disposed of a challenge to the appointment of non-functional Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, deeming it infructuous after the imposition of governor’s rule and an emergency in the province. Governor’s rule and emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were imposed on Sunday. The federal government cited the provincial government’s “deliberate disengagement” from the fight against terrorism as the reason for the measures. At present, Afridi remains in preventative custody along with some of his cabinet members. The PTI had…