Overview

• The provincial cabinet approved the step and the Home Department formally notified courts of the plan to end prosecutions tied to the May 9 unrest.
• Authorities say 29 cases registered across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, many under the Anti-Terrorism Act, are covered by the withdrawal move.
• Additional Advocate General Muhammad Inam Khan Yusufzai was appointed special prosecutor and submitted the withdrawal plea in Mardan’s case No. 833.
• The court adjourned proceedings until October 15 for arguments on the government’s request, leaving the final decision with the judiciary.
• Advocate General Shah Faisal Utmankhel contended the caretaker-era cases were politically motivated and weakly investigated, as many have already been dismissed; defendants include MPAs Zahir Shah Toru and Mujahid Khan.