ISLAMABAD: A local court on Monday reissued non-bailable arrest warrants for Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sohail Afridi for not appearing before the court in a case registered against him by the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) over allegedly misleading remarks about state institutions.
Senior Civil Judge Abbas Shah issued a warrant for Afridi’s arrest after he repeatedly failed to appear in court proceedings. The court ordered police to arrest Afridi and produce him before the court. The court adjourned the hearing till March 26.
Afridi is accused of making misleading remarks against state institutions, damaging their credibility. The NCCIA registered the case under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) 2016.
The first information report (FIR) was registered against Afridi on behalf of the state and under Sections 11, 20 and 26-A of the PECA.
According to the FIR, following an inquiry dated November 8, it transpired that Afridi and others had “knowingly and deliberately, with mala fide intentions and ulterior motives, uttered false, misleading, derogatory and intimidating words against state institutions, which were recorded, [and] disseminated and propagated” through different social media platforms.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026