Overview

• Provincial cabinet approval was issued and formally notified by the Home Department to withdraw cases arising from the May 2023 unrest.
• A special prosecutor, Additional Advocate General Muhammad Inam Khan Yusufzai, has been appointed and appeared in the Mardan case to submit the withdrawal decision.
• The Mardan court adjourned proceedings to October 15 to hear arguments on the government's plea to discontinue prosecution.
• Authorities say the contested cases were registered during the caretaker period and many had already faltered over evidentiary gaps.
• Case filings name political figures including Zahir Shah Toru and Mujahid Khan alongside dozens of PTI workers under Anti-Terrorism Act provisions.