Arrest warrant issued for KP CM Gandapur in liquor and arms case

A District and Sessions Court in Islamabad on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur in the liquor and arms recovery case, directing authorities to produce him before the court on September 17.

Judicial Magistrate Mubashir Hassan Chishti issued the warrant after neither the accused nor his legal team appeared during the proceedings.

The court instructed that Gandapur be arrested and presented at the next hearing.

Shortly afterward, Gandapur’s lawyer, Raja Zahoor-ul-Hassan, appeared and requested suspension of the warrant. He argued that media coverage of the arrest order had already caused serious repercussions for his client.

However, the magistrate rejected the plea, making it clear that the warrant would only be withdrawn once the accused was produced in court.