...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.High Court (PHC) on Tuesday directed the federal government to file a detailed reply in response to a petition seeking trial in a military court of Ehsanullah Ehsan
...formerly the front man for the Pak Taliban, now the lips and tongue of the Jamaatul Ahrar splinter group in Mohmand Agency...
, former spokesperson of the banned Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA) and Tehrik-e-Taliban
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Pakistain (TTP).
The court issued the direction after finding the government's response regarding Ehsan ‐ who turned himself in to security forces earlier this year and is currently in their custody ‐ inadequate.
Advocate Fazal Khan, the father of a student slain in the Peshawar Army Public School attack, had filed a writ petition in PHC, seeking the high court’s order for trial of Ehsan by a military court over different acts of terrorism, including the APS carnage.
On Tuesday, the federal government submitted a single line response to the court saying that investigation is currently underway regarding Ehsan's case.
The court expressed dissatisfaction on the government’s reply and asked the respondents to submit a detailed response regarding the case in the next hearing.