PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Wednesday sought comments from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly’s speaker and provincial government on a petition of arrested Member Provincial Assembly-elect Baldev Kumar against the non-issuance of his production order to take oath of his office in the assembly.
Justice Qalandar Ali Khan and Justice Muhammad Ayub Khan issued the order after hearing preliminary arguments of Mohib Jan Salarzai, lawyer for Baldev Kumar, who was arrested last year in connection with the murder of Sardar Soran Singh, the MPA elected on the minorities’ seat.
Being on Serial No 2 on the priority list of candidates submitted by the ruling PTI for seats reserved for minorities, the petitioner was declared returned candidate on the said vacant seat by the Election Commission of Pakistan.
The respondents in the petition are speaker of the KP Assembly; secretary of the KP Assembly; ECP; provincial election commissioner of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; and KP government through law secretary.
