PHC seeks details of cases against social activist

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Monday issued a notice to the provincial government, seeking a response on a petition filed by social activist Najeebullah regarding details of the cases registered against him.

A two-member bench comprising Justice Fazal Subhan and Justice Farah Jamshed heard the case while Advocate Bashar Khan Wazir appeared for the petitioner.The lawyer told the court that his client was seeking details of all cases registered against him. He pleaded that the petitioner, a resident of Orakzai, was arrested under 3 Maintenance of Public Order (MPO). When the court ordered his release, he was then nominated in another case in Khyber.

The lawyer argued that whenever his client was granted bail in one case, he was arrested in another, as several FIRs had been registered against him in different districts of the province.He also referred to the Asad Qaiser case, in which the court had ruled that an arrest in one case would be considered an arrest in all registered cases.