The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has stopped the Peshawar High Court (PHC) from hearing cases about the preventive detention of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers and activists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in a new turn in the legal battle over the emergency and governor's rule in the province.
A two-judge bench of the FCC, headed by Chief Justice Aminuddin Khan and including Justice Aamer Farooq, issued the order on Thursday, 5 November 2026. The bench was hearing a set of petitions challenging the interim bail granted by the Peshawar High Court to the detained PTI workers.
The Peshawar High Court had granted the workers interim bail against surety bonds of Rs100,000 each. It had passed those interim orders because the provincial government had not filed any report explaining the reasons and circumstances behind the detentions, and it had also directed that the detainees should not be arrested while their cases were pending before the high court.
More than 60 appeals challenging the high court's interim orders have now been fixed before the Federal Constitutional Court. The appeals were filed by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Home and Tribal Affairs Department through its additional chief secretary.
The detentions were made under the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance (MPO) after emergency and governor's rule were imposed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The emergency, invoked under constitutional provisions dealing with security, suspended the PTI-run provincial government, with the provincial governor taking charge along with an advisory council for an initial period of six months. The Prime Minister's Office has said the move followed what it called the provincial government's "deliberate disengagement from the fight against terrorism", while PTI has said its chief minister in the province was arrested along with the party's provincial president.
The Peshawar High Court will next hear the detention cases on 12 November. Until the Federal Constitutional Court decides the appeals before it, the high court cannot proceed with the detention matters, leaving the detained workers' cases in the country's top constitutional forum.
The order is the latest development in the political and legal standoff in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where the tussle between the federal government and the PTI-led provincial setup has now moved firmly into the courts. Further hearings in the Federal Constitutional Court will decide whether the interim bail granted by the Peshawar High Court stands.
Sources: Dawn, Al Jazeera.
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ROMAN URDU VERSION:
Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) ne Peshawar High Court (PHC) ko Khyber Pakhtunkhwa mein PTI workers aur karkunon ki preventive detention se mutalliq cases sunne se rok diya hai — soobay mein emergency aur governor's rule ke baad ye qanooni jang mein naya mor hai.
Chief Justice Aminuddin Khan ki sarbarahi mein do rukni bench, jis mein Justice Aamer Farooq bhi shamil thay, ne jumeraat, 5 November 2026 ko ye hukum jari kiya. Bench un darkhwaston par samaat kar raha tha jin mein Peshawar High Court ki taraf se giraftar PTI workers ko di gayi aburi zamanat ko challenge kiya gaya tha.
Peshawar High Court ne workers ko Rs100,000 ke surety bonds par aburi zamanat di thi. High court ne ye aburi hukum is liye diye thay ke soobai hukumat ne giraftariyon ki wajuhaat aur halaat batane wali koi report pesh nahi ki thi, aur us ne ye bhi hidayat di thi ke cases high court mein zair-e-samaat rehte hue giraftar shuda afrad ko giraftar na kiya jaye.
High court ke aburi ahkamaat ke khilaf 60 se zyada appeals ab Federal Constitutional Court mein samaat ke liye muqarrar ki gayi hain. Ye appeals Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Home and Tribal Affairs Department ne apne additional chief secretary ke zariye dayer ki thin.
Giraftariyan Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance (MPO) ke tehat us waqt ki gayin jab Khyber Pakhtunkhwa mein emergency aur governor's rule naafiz kiya gaya. Emergency ke tehat PTI ki soobai hukumat muattal kar di gayi aur governor ne mashawarti council ke saath ibtedai tor par chhe mah ke liye charge sambhal liya. Wazir-e-Azam ke daftar ka kehna hai ke ye qadam soobai hukumat ke "dehshat gardi ke khilaf jang se jaan boojh kar alag hone" ke baad uthaya gaya, jabke PTI ka kehna hai ke us ke wazir-e-aala ko party ke soobai sadr ke saath giraftar kar liya gaya tha.
Peshawar High Court detention cases ki agli samaat 12 November ko karega. Jab tak Federal Constitutional Court apne samne mojood appeals par faisla nahi karta, high court detention ke muamlaat par karwai nahi kar sakta — aur giraftar workers ke cases ab mulk ke aala aaini forum mein hain.
Ye hukum Khyber Pakhtunkhwa mein wafaqi hukumat aur PTI ki soobai setup ke darmiyan siyasi aur qanooni kashmakash ki taza tareen kadi hai, jo ab poori tarah adalaton mein pahunch chuki hai. Federal Constitutional Court ki mazeed samaatein tay karengi ke Peshawar High Court ki di gayi aburi zamanat barqarar rehti hai ya nahi.
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