ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court of Pakistan will hear a petition challenging the appointment of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on October 15, 2026.
A bench led by Chief Justice Aminuddin Khan is set to consider the case, which concerns Afridi’s eligibility to hold the office. The petition was filed by lawyer and politician Sher Afzal Marwat. It argues that a person convicted of an offence cannot legally nominate or appoint another person to a public position.
Separately, a dispute has emerged over Afridi’s claim that an assassination attempt against him was thwarted in Wazirabad. The KP chief minister said in a video statement that an armed man in plain clothes had been sent to kill him. According to Afridi, his security team apprehended the man, found a pistol on him and handed him over to local police. He also posted a photograph of the person he described as the alleged attacker.
Afridi did not identify anyone he believed was behind the alleged plot. He also claimed that police had taken away their food and that electricity had been cut at the house where they were staying.
The Punjab government disputed his account, saying the detained man was a police constable assigned to security duty—not an alleged assassin. The contrasting statements have left the circumstances of the incident contested.
