Petitions against detention of Sohail Afridi, others referred to PHC CJ for constitution of larger bench

PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court (PHC) bench on Tuesday referred multiple petitions challenging the detention of PTI leaders, including Sohail Afridi — the non-functional Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister — to the chief justice for the constitution of a larger bench. Afridi has not been seen since the imposition of governor’s rule and emergency in KP on Oct 11. His whereabouts remained unknown on the day governor’s rule was imposed, and a federal minister confirmed a day later that he and some of his cabinet members were in preventive custody . The PTI has also alleged the detention and…