PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has barred the government from releasing ex-Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan after the government failed to satisfy the court on Wednesday.
The decision was taken by a two-member bench headed by PHC Chief Justice Yahya Afridi. The decision was taken during the hearing of a writ petition filed by Fazal Khan, father of a student killed in the December 16, 2014 in the Army Public School (APS) attack.
According to the petitioner the government is planning to give clemency to the ex-militant, who is reportedly in the custody of security agencies.
In its second report submitted in the court, the government had stated that it was still investigating Ehsan. The court directed the government to continue investigation against Ehsan, but barred the government from releasing him on any ground.
Ehsanullah Ehsan, who had been associated with TTP and later its splinter group, the Jamaatul Ahrar (JuA), turned himself in earlier this year. He was interviewed by journalist Saleem Safi, in which he ‘apologised’ for his crimes.
Throw him into the jail & close his chapter
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