Overview
- Judicial Magistrate Muhammad Abbas Shah issued the proclaimed-offender order after repeated summons were ignored and directed the issuance of arrest warrants.
- The case stems from an NCCIA complaint filed in July 2025 over alleged controversial posts on X, and the challan has been submitted to the court.
- The decision comes a day after Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi delivered extradition documents to UK High Commissioner Jane Marriott.
- Akbar, a barrister and former head of the Asset Recovery Unit, has lived in the UK since April 2022 after the Islamabad High Court removed his name from the Exit Control List.
- The Pakistan High Commission in London recently refused to renew his passport, saying it had been blocked by authorities in Islamabad.