PTI seeks production orders for nine ‘detained’ MNAs

PTI seeks production orders for nine 'detained' MNAs.

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• Ikram JunaidiWaseem Ahmed Shah Published October 14, 2026 Updated October 14, 2026 07: 02am.
• Ikram Junaidi is a staff correspondent for Dawn with over 25 years of experience.
• The federal administration had imposed emergency and governor's rule in KP on October 11.
• The PTI chief whip pressed the speaker to take immediate notice of the matter and problem production orders to ensure the detained lawmakers' attendance in the House.
• The next day, authorities, even so, confirmed that Mr Afridi and some of his cabinet members were in preventative custody.

Ikram JunaidiWaseem Ahmed Shah Published October 14, 2026 Updated October 14, 2026 07: 02am. Join our Whatsapp Channel.

ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR: The PTI has pressed National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq to problem production orders for its nine detained MNAs ahead of the National Assembly and Senate sessions scheduled for Tuesday.

In a letter to NA Speaker, Chief Whip Amir Dogar asserted that the nine MNAs were "currently detained" and requested him to problem production orders for them to enable them to attend the 30th session starting on Tuesday.

Notably, the lawmakers include Haji Imtiaz Ahmad Choudhry, Muhammad Jamal Ahsan Khan, Mian Ghous Muhammad, Sanaullah Khan Mastikhel, Dawar Khan Kundi, Junaid Akbar, Amjad Ali Khan, Fazal Muhammad Khan and Adil Khan Bazai. The PTI chief whip pressed the speaker to take immediate notice of the matter and problem production orders to ensure the detained lawmakers' attendance in the House. Afridi's brother, speaker's cousin move high court to trace their relatives. CM, speaker's family move PHC.

While Waqar Ahmad Khan, a cousin of KP Assembly Speaker Babar Saleem Swati, additionally filed a petition before the court seeking similar relief, the brother of non-functional Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi approached the Peshawar High Court to trace his whereabouts.

In practice, the federal administration had imposed emergency and governor's rule in KP on October 11. On the same day, the PTI asserted that Mr Afridi, along with some of his cabinet ministers and party leaders, had been abducted.

For context, the next day, authorities, even so, confirmed that Mr Afridi and some of his cabinet members were in preventative custody.

Muhammad Amir, Mr Afridi's brother, filed a petition in the PHC, seeking multiple directives for the respondents, including the KP inspector general of police, Peshawar capital city police officer and others, to immediately take all lawful and effective measures to trace and recover his brother and, if he was discovered to be in custody, produce him before the high court so that the legality of his detention could be examined in accordance with Article 199(1)(b)(I) of the Constitution. The petition was filed through senior counsel Bashir Khan Wazir.

As the respondents had "failed to disclose any lawful order, warrant, abduction order or other legal authority under which the abductee was taken into custody", he contended that the impugned detention and disappearance of the abductee were "wholly illegal, unlawful, without lawful authority and of no legal effect".

Separately, in his petition, KP speaker's cousin Waqar Ahmad Khan states: "That, on 11.10.2026, at approximately 7: 00pm, the detenue was allegedly abducted by certain unknown, armed and masked individuals from the premises of the Provincial Assembly of KP, Peshawar, in the presence of CCPO Peshawar. The precise sequence of events, the identities of the persons involved, and the circumstances in which the detenue was taken away require immediate verification through the relevant official record, eyewitness accounts, and other available evidence." Published in Dawn, October 14th, 2026.

Ikram Junaidi is a staff correspondent for Dawn with over 25 years of experience. As well as public health problems, he covers national politics, particularly opposition parties.

Taken together, the developments around PTI seeks production orders for nine 'detained' MNAs point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.