Aftab Alam, the law minister for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said on Sunday that the provincial administration has firmly opposed the creation of a constitutional bench at the Peshawar High Court (PHC).
“The decision regarding the formation of a constitutional bench at the PHC — under the framework of the 26th Constitutional Amendment — is being contested in court,” the provincial minister stated in a casual conversation.
“There are no plans in this area from the provincial administration. The law minister went on to say that the matter’s legal aspects were being examined.
It should be noted that a seven-member constitutional bench led by Justice Aminuddin Khan was established at a November 5 meeting of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP), which was chaired by Supreme Court Chief Justice Yahya Afridi.
