PM Imran Khan strongly condemns murder of ATC judge in Swabi, vows to arrest suspects
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PM Imran vows to arrest perpetrators of gruesome act.
ATC judge Aftab Khan Afridi and his family were martyred when unidentified gunmen fired at them on Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway.
Swat Bar Association condemns attack, announces boycott of courts as protest.
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday strongly condemned the murder of an Anti-Terrorism Court judge in Swabi and vowed to arrest the suspects behind the gruesome act . Strongly condemn the murder of ATC judge Aftab Afridi, his wife & 2 children at Anbar Interchange, Swabi, tweeted PM Imran after the news of the murder was reported.
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April 5, 2021
SWABI: A judge of the Anti-Terrorism Court, his wife, daughter-in-law and her son were martyred when unidentified gunmen fired indiscriminately at them at the Ambar Interchange in Swabi district on the Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway on Sunday.
Sources said that the judge, Aftab Khan Afridi, was on his way back to Islamabad from Swat where he was serving for the last two months when the incident happened. When his vehicle reached the Ambar Interchange on the Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway, some unidentified armed men opened indiscriminate fire on the judge and his family in the jurisdiction of the Chota Lahor City Police Station
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An anti-terrorism court judge Aftab Khan Afridi was shot dead along with his wife and two children in Swabi. The Swat Bar Association has called for a protest and refused to attend any legal proceedings.A show-cause notice has been prepared by the PDM against PPP and ANP for seeking votes from Balochistan Awami Party leaders for the appointment of Yousaf Raza Gillani as Senate opposite leader. The Pakistan Army shot dead a terror suspect during an operation in North Waziristan. Interior Minister Shaikh Rasheed Ahmed said that there are rifts between PTI and Jahangir Tareen, adding that the party does not need Tareen. The educational institutes up to eighth class will remain close from April 6 to April 15 throu
KP police chief says probing murder of ATC judge on scientific basis
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Monday Apr 05, 2021
KP police chief Dr Sanaullah Abbasi (L) and the late anti-terrorism court judge, Aftab Khan Afridi (R). Geo.tv/Files
KP police chief Dr Sanaullah Abbasi tells Geo News that eight suspects had been booked for murder in the FIR
Abbasi says DIG Mardan Yaseen Farooq-led team in collaboration with the CTD arrested some suspects.
Top cop notes that four of the eight individuals named in the FIR were said to be present on the site of the murder.
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province s top cop has said authorities were investigating the horrific murder of an anti-terrorism court (ATC) judge and his family on a scientific basis .