Key Takeaways
- The PTI has urged National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq to issue production orders for nine of its detained MNAs.
- The lawmakers are set to attend the 30th session of the National Assembly scheduled for Tuesday.
- The PTI chief whip, Amir Dogar, claims the nine MNAs are currently detained and need production orders to attend.
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has formally requested the National Assembly Speaker, Ayaz Sadiq, to issue production orders for nine of its detained Members of the National Assembly (MNAs) ahead of the upcoming National Assembly and Senate sessions, scheduled for Tuesday.
In a letter to the Speaker, PTI Chief Whip Amir Dogar highlighted that the nine lawmakers, including Haji Imtiaz Ahmad Choudhry, Muhammad Jamal Ahsan Khan, and Mian Ghous Muhammad, are currently detained and require production orders to attend the 30th session.
Dogar emphasized the urgency of the matter, urging the Speaker to take immediate notice and issue the necessary orders to ensure the attendance of the detained lawmakers in the House.
This request comes as the PTI seeks to ensure the participation of its members in the legislative proceedings, which are crucial for the functioning of the National Assembly.
The PTI has also filed a petition in the Peshawar High Court, seeking the immediate tracing and recovery of Sohail Afridi, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister, and his brother, Muhammad Amir, who were allegedly abducted on October 11, 2026.
The petition, filed through senior counsel Bashir Khan Wazir, claims that the detention and disappearance of Afridi and his brother are 'wholly illegal, unlawful, without lawful authority, and of no legal effect.'
The federal government had imposed emergency and governor’s rule in KP on the same day, leading to Afridi and his cabinet members being placed in preventative custody.
Separately, the brother of KP Assembly Speaker Babar Saleem Swati, Waqar Ahmad Khan, has also approached the Peshawar High Court, seeking similar relief for his cousin.
Khan’s petition states that his cousin was allegedly abducted from the premises of the Provincial Assembly of KP, Peshawar, at approximately 7:00 pm on October 11, 2026, and that the precise sequence of events and identities of the individuals involved require immediate verification.
