Peshawar High Court bars arrest of KP Assembly deputy speaker

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has restrained the authorities from arresting Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Deputy Speaker Suriya Bibi until Nov 10, while allowing her to retain access to her official residence. A bench comprising Justices Ijaz Anwar and Muhammad Faheem Wali ordered that the Oct 14 order to vacate her official residence remain suspended. It also provisionally allowed her to occupy the accommodation until the next hearing. “The respondents are further restrained from arresting the petitioner till the date fixed,” the bench ruled in its three-page order sheet. The court…