FC deployment: PHC orders arrest of interior secretary, others

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday issued arrest warrants for secretary, additional secretary and deputy secretary of federal interior ministry for failing to abide by the court orders, Geo News reported.

PHC Chief Justice Dost Muhammad Khan while hearing a suo moto case pertaining to deployment of Frontier Corps (FC) soldiers in other parts of the county, expressed anger over non-compliance with the court orders, seeking a pullout of paramilitary troops.

The aforesaid officials were directed to appear before the court many times but they didn’t turn up. The chief justice ordered their arrest as well as suspension of their salaries.