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ISLAMABAD: A local court on Monday reissued non-bailable arrest warrants for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi over his continued failure to appear in a case registered under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca).
Senior Civil Judge Muhammad Abbas Shah directed the authorities concerned to arrest CM Afridi and produce him before the court. The order was passed after the chief minister failed to appear despite being summoned for the hearing.
The case was registered by the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA), formerly known as the cybercrime wing of the FIA, over allegations of content deemed misleading against state institutions.
Expressing displeasure over the repeated absence of the accused, the court reissued the non-bailable warrants and adjourned further proceedings until June 18.
