PTI seeks review of order freezing KP emergency petitions
Barrister Gohar Ali Khan wants the Federal Constitutional Court to amend its 5 November order so the Peshawar High Court can hear challenges to governor's rule.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has asked the Federal Constitutional Court to review its 5 November order that stopped the Peshawar High Court from hearing constitutional petitions filed on or after 12 October, including challenges to governor's rule and emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The review petition was filed by PTI chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan and other petitioners through advocates Shah Faisal Ilyas and Ali Zaman, Aaj News reported.
The petitioners argue that the 5 November order affected proceedings in petitions already pending before the Peshawar High Court. They ask to be made parties to the case so they can argue it and file written submissions, according to the report.
The petition asks the court to amend that order and allow the Peshawar High Court to resume hearing and decide the pending petitions. It also seeks protection of citizens' fundamental rights and access to justice.
The petitioners state that the High Court was already hearing constitutional petitions against the emergency and governor's rule when the Federal Constitutional Court's order interrupted the proceedings, Aaj News reported.
Among the petitions the review plea wants revived are those concerning the restoration of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi and Provincial Assembly Speaker Babar Saleem Swati.
President Asif Ali Zardari signed the summary for emergency and governor's rule in the province on 11 October 2026 on the prime minister's advice under Articles 232 and 234 of the Constitution. PTI and other political parties challenged the decision in the Peshawar High Court.
On 5 November 2026 the Federal Constitutional Court issued its order on petitions from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, suspending proceedings in constitutional petitions filed on 12 October or later in the context of Article 245 and the army's assistance to the civil administration. Since then the High Court has not fixed for hearing the petitions against governor's rule and emergency, or those on the restoration of the chief minister and the speaker.
How the reports differ
UrduPoint's headline named Tehreek Tahaffuz-e-Aain Pakistan as the party that filed the review petition in the Federal Constitutional Court. Aaj News reported that the petition was filed by PTI chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan and other petitioners through advocates Shah Faisal Ilyas and Ali Zaman, and carried its contents: the request to be made parties, the plea to let the Peshawar High Court resume hearings, and the background to the 11 October and 5 November orders.
Watch
PTI lacks discipline, not factions, says Shaukat Yousafzai
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa information secretary has asked Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan to hold the leadership together and backs a disciplinary committee.
Opposition leaders ask constitutional court to release detained KP chief minister
The joint petition names eight provincial assembly members and six MNAs, while a separate PTI filing seeks production of the KP assembly speaker.
KP governor bans gold mining, cancels all leases after Kohat attack
Faisal Karim Kundi orders leaseholders to remove heavy machinery within a week and raises the maximum fine for illegal mining to Rs2 million.
Jailed Imran Khan to be hospitalised only on doctors' advice: PM aide
Coordinator to the Prime Minister on Information for KP affairs Ikhtiar Wali Khan said the government will not shift the PTI founder on the basis of party demands.
NAB issues notices to PTI leaders in two KP inquiries
Nine witnesses have been summoned in Dr Amjad Ali's assets case and partnership records sought in the Asad Qaiser inquiry, per the KP information adviser.
Ten police killed in Kohat attack as PM vows no compromise
The Prime Minister's Office says 18 attackers were killed in the retaliatory operation at Dara Bakhakh and Shehbaz Sharif paid tribute to DSP Haider Zaman.
Chitral town neighbourhoods enter eighth day without drinking water
Residents of Gankorini, Balach and Singoor say an excavator ruptured a six-inch supply line during house construction and a branch pushed into the pipe failed to restore flow.
Eleven policemen killed in Kohat ambush during illegal gold mining raid
The Express Tribune reports 12 officers wounded in Dar Bokach; Geo News puts the police toll at 10 and says 18 attackers died.