PHC orders provisional de-sealing of KP Assembly deputy speaker's official residence

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday directed the relevant authorities to provisionally de-seal the official residence of Suriya Bibi, the deputy speaker of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly that has been non-functional since the imposition of governor’s rule and emergency in the province on Oct 11. The court also restrained law enforcement agencies from arresting Bibi till further orders. The directives were issued by a two-member bench comprising Justice Ijaz Anwar and Justice Muhammad Faheem Wali, who took up Bibi’s plea challenging the sealing of her official residence and her…