Peshawar court re-issues arrest warrant for KP chief minister Sohail Afridi
Judge Wali Muhammad extended interim bail for three former provincial ministers to 17 November and put off the Radio Pakistan attack case hearing.
An anti-terrorism court in Peshawar re-issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Wednesday in the case registered over the 9 May attack on Radio Pakistan, Express News reported.
Judge Wali Muhammad heard the case. Former provincial ministers Taimur Saleem Jhagra, Kamran Bangash and Irfan Saleem appeared before the court with their lawyers, and the court extended their interim bail to 17 November.
Lawyers for the accused told the judge they were not ready and asked for time, and the court put the hearing off to 17 November.
UrduPoint reported that fresh non-bailable warrants were issued for two people, Afridi and Aamir Khan Chamkani. Express News named only the chief minister in its headline and in its lead paragraph.
The case was registered on a complaint by Radio Pakistan. Afridi, Jhagra, Bangash, Irfan Saleem and Chamkani are the accused named in it, according to Express News.
The warrants were re-issued, which means the court had issued them at an earlier stage of the case and renewed them at Wednesday's hearing. Express News gave no reason for the renewal and did not report whether the chief minister was present in court.
Jhagra, Bangash and Irfan Saleem have each served as ministers in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet. Their interim bail now runs to the date the court has fixed for the next hearing.
Neither report said the chief minister had been arrested.
How the reports differ
Express News named only Sohail Afridi in its headline and lead, while UrduPoint reported that fresh non-bailable warrants were issued for both Afridi and Aamir Khan Chamkani. UrduPoint described the warrants as non-bailable, while Express News called them arrest warrants without that qualifier. Express News alone named Judge Wali Muhammad, listed the three former ministers whose bail was extended to 17 November, and reported the defence request that led to the adjournment.
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