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title: "Federal Constitutional Court hears challenge to Sohail Afridi’s CM election"
description: "Most outlets reported that the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has approved a plea or issued a notice in a case challenging Sohail Afridi’s election as Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. ARY News emphasized that the plea seeks to declare Afridi’s election void, while 24 News HD highlighted that the FCC issued a notice to Afridi in the case filed by Sher Afzal Marwat."
url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/8371-fcc-issues-notice-to-cm-afridi-as-sher-afzal-marwat
site: HarZaviya
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# Federal Constitutional Court hears challenge to Sohail Afridi’s CM election

pakistan · updated 15 Sep 2026, 6:59 AM PKT · 14–15 Sep 2026 · 5 articles from 4 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 4 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported that the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has approved a plea or issued a notice in a case challenging Sohail Afridi’s election as Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. ARY News emphasized that the plea seeks to declare Afridi’s election void, while 24 News HD highlighted that the FCC issued a notice to Afridi in the case filed by Sher Afzal Marwat.

## Same story from 4 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Business Recorder** — [Plea of Marwat: FCC issues notice to Afridi](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40439528/plea-of-marwat-fcc-issues-notice-to-afridi) · 15 Sep 2026, 6:59 AM PKT
  > ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) issued a notice to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister (CM) Sohail Afridi in a petition challenging his appointment. A three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice Aminuddin Khan and comprising Justice Aamir Farooq and Justice Baqar Ali Najafi, on Monday heard a petition filed by estranged PTI leader Sher Afzal Khan Marwat, seeking a declaration th...
- **ARY News (English)** — [Court admits petition challenging Sohail Afridi’s election as KP CM](https://arynews.tv/court-admits-petition-challenging-sohail-afridis-election-as-kp-cm) · 14 Sep 2026, 3:13 PM PKT · 75% identical wording to the newest filing
  > The Federal Constitutional Court hears a petition challenging Sohail Afridi's election as KP Chief Minister. Find out more...
- **Dawn** — [FCC issues notices to KP CM Afridi in estranged PTI leader Marwat's plea against his appointment](https://www.dawn.com/news/2029857/fcc-issues-notices-to-kp-cm-afridi-in-estranged-pti-leader-marwats-plea-against-his-appointment) · 14 Sep 2026, 2:59 PM PKT · 93% identical wording to the newest filing
  > ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) on Monday issued notice to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister (CM) Sohail Afridi for the second week of October in a plea challenging his appointment. A three-judge FCC bench, headed by Chief Justice Aminuddin Khan, took up the petition moved by estranged PTI leader Sher Afzal Khan Marwat against the resignation of former KP chief minister Ali Am...
- **24 News HD** — [FCC issues notice to CM Afridi as Sher Afzal Marwat challenges his election](https://www.24newshd.tv/14-Sep-2026/fcc-issues-notice-cm-afridi-sher-afzal-marwat-challenges-election) · 14 Sep 2026, 11:38 AM PKT · 86% identical wording to the newest filing
  > The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has issued a notice to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister (CM) Sohail Afridi in a case challenging his election to the provincial post.

## Part of a bigger story

Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology).

- [Court sets hearing on petition against KP chief minister’s appointment](https://harzaviya.com/stories/13138-fcc-fixes-plea-challenging-sohail-afridi-s-appointment-as-kp) · 9 Oct 2026 · 4 outlets · 93% related
- [FCC disposes of petition against KP CM appointment](https://harzaviya.com/stories/14387-fcc-disposes-of-marwat-s-plea-challenging-sohail-afridi-s) · 16 Oct 2026 · 11 outlets · 2 developments · 91% related
- [Peshawar High Court dismisses Sohail Afridi’s petition against ECP proceedings](https://harzaviya.com/stories/12892-phc-dismisses-cm-sohail-afridi-s-petition-challenging-ecp) · 9 Oct 2026 · 3 outlets · 2 developments · 84% related
- [PHC adjourns Sohail Afridi's plea against ECP notice till October 7](https://harzaviya.com/stories/12047-phc-adjourns-sohail-afridi-s-plea-against-ecp-notice-till) · 3 Oct 2026 · 3 outlets · 83% related
- [Sohail Afridi's brother approaches Peshawar High Court over his detention](https://harzaviya.com/stories/14040-sohail-afridi-s-brother-approaches-high-court-over-abduction) · 13 Oct 2026 · 6 outlets · 75% related

5 articles from 4 outlets, 14–15 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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