{"id":3563,"date":"2025-12-11T21:59:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T21:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/?p=3563"},"modified":"2025-12-12T15:00:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T15:00:40","slug":"kp-cm-sohail-afridi-criticizes-police-barriers-calls-faiz-hameeds-punishment-an-internal-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/?p=3563","title":{"rendered":"KP CM Sohail Afridi Criticizes Police Barriers Calls Faiz Hameed\u2019s Punishment an \u2018Internal Matter\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"135\" data-end=\"424\"><strong>Rawalpindi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/\">(HRNW)<\/a><\/strong>&#8211; Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sohail Afridi has said that former intelligence officer Faiz Hameed is an employee of a state institution, and if he has been punished, it is purely an internal matter of that institution.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3120\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3120\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@HumanRightsMediaNetwork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3120 size-medium\" title=\"Youtube - Human Rights Media Network\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/www.hrnww_.com-7-1-240x300.png\" alt=\"Youtube - Human Rights Media Network\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/www.hrnww_.com-7-1-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/www.hrnww_.com-7-1-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/www.hrnww_.com-7-1-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/www.hrnww_.com-7-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Youtube &#8211; Human Rights Media Network<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"426\" data-end=\"668\">He expressed these views while speaking to police officials after being stopped by Rawalpindi police at the Dhamial (Dahgal) checkpoint on his way to Adiala Jail. The Chief Minister questioned the police over repeatedly blocking his movement.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"670\" data-end=\"881\">Sohail Afridi asked the officers why barriers were being set up against the citizens of their own country. \u201cYou stopped us the day before yesterday and today again. What message are you trying to give?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"883\" data-end=\"1097\">He criticized the police for allegedly mistreating women earlier, stating that Imran Khan\u2019s sisters are non-political and should not have been subjected to such behavior. \u201cWho orders you to do this?\u201d he questioned.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1099\" data-end=\"1358\">The Chief Minister expressed frustration over being stopped despite holding a constitutional office. \u201cYou have placed barriers for the Chief Minister of a province. Am I a CM from another country? KP is part of Pakistan, and I am its Chief Minister,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1360\" data-end=\"1571\">He questioned the intentions behind such actions, saying it appeared as if the authorities wanted to portray KP as separate from Pakistan. \u201cExplain to your superiors that such actions increase hatred,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3118\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3118\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Vanxsjy0G0XhE9u6ll0X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3118 size-medium\" title=\"HRMN - whatsapp.com\/channel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/www.hrnww_.com-15-1-240x300.png\" alt=\"HRMN - whatsapp.com\/channel\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/www.hrnww_.com-15-1-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/www.hrnww_.com-15-1-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/www.hrnww_.com-15-1-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/www.hrnww_.com-15-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HRMN &#8211; whatsapp.com\/channel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"1573\" data-end=\"1845\">Sohail Afridi alleged that all this was happening on the directions of the \u201cfake Chief Minister of Punjab,\u201d accusing the government of keeping Imran Khan and his wife unjustly imprisoned and isolating the PTI founder during detention. \u201cThis will be remembered,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1847\" data-end=\"2094\">He said that efforts to sideline Imran Khan for the past three and a half years had failed, just like similar attempts made since 1947. He added that since April 9, 2022, the authorities had been dealing with a nation that deeply loves its leader.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2096\" data-end=\"2348\">Afridi reiterated the demand for an independent judiciary and restoration of democracy. He said the PTI founder had given negotiation authority to Mahmood Khan Achakzai and Allama Raja Nasir Abbas, and the party would stand by every decision they make.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2350\" data-end=\"2680\">On Faiz Hameed\u2019s sentence, Afridi repeated that it was an internal institutional matter, and criticized the government\u2019s performance, saying the youth were leaving Pakistan and that the ongoing political experimentation had failed. \u201cPakistan is heading towards destruction, though we have no personal enmity with anyone,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2682\" data-end=\"2819\">He also claimed that his passport had been placed on the control list, calling it a violation of his democratic right to meet his leader.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2821\" data-end=\"2930\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><em>Support HRNW\u2019s mission for independent journalism by donating here:<\/em><br data-start=\"2892\" data-end=\"2895\" \/><strong><a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/donate-us\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"2898\" data-end=\"2930\" data-is-last-node=\"\">https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/donate-us\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_3563\" class=\"pvc_stats total_only  \" data-element-id=\"3563\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.0\" viewBox=\"0 0 502 315\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\"><g transform=\"translate(0,332) scale(0.1,-0.1)\" fill=\"\" stroke=\"none\"><path d=\"M2394 3279 l-29 -30 -3 -207 c-2 -182 0 -211 15 -242 39 -76 157 -76 196 0 15 31 17 60 15 243 l-3 209 -33 29 c-26 23 -41 29 -80 29 -41 0 -53 -5 -78 -31z\"\/><path d=\"M3085 3251 c-45 -19 -58 -50 -96 -229 -47 -217 -49 -260 -13 -295 52 -53 146 -42 177 20 16 31 87 366 87 410 0 70 -86 122 -155 94z\"\/><path d=\"M1751 3234 c-13 -9 -29 -31 -37 -50 -12 -29 -10 -49 21 -204 19 -94 39 -189 45 -210 14 -50 54 -80 110 -80 34 0 48 6 76 34 21 21 34 44 34 59 0 14 -18 113 -40 219 -37 178 -43 195 -70 221 -36 32 -101 37 -139 11z\"\/><path d=\"M1163 3073 c-36 -7 -73 -59 -73 -102 0 -56 133 -378 171 -413 34 -32 83 -37 129 -13 70 36 67 87 -16 290 -86 209 -89 214 -129 231 -35 14 -42 15 -82 7z\"\/><path d=\"M3689 3066 c-15 -9 -33 -30 -42 -48 -48 -103 -147 -355 -147 -375 0 -98 131 -148 192 -74 13 15 57 108 97 206 80 196 84 226 37 273 -30 30 -99 39 -137 18z\"\/><path d=\"M583 2784 c-38 -19 -67 -74 -58 -113 9 -42 211 -354 242 -373 16 -10 45 -18 66 -18 51 0 107 52 107 100 0 39 -1 41 -124 234 -80 126 -108 162 -133 173 -41 17 -61 16 -100 -3z\"\/><path d=\"M4250 2784 c-14 -9 -74 -91 -133 -183 -95 -150 -107 -173 -107 -213 0 -55 33 -94 87 -104 67 -13 90 8 211 198 130 202 137 225 78 284 -27 27 -42 34 -72 34 -22 0 -50 -8 -64 -16z\"\/><path d=\"M2275 2693 c-553 -48 -1095 -270 -1585 -649 -135 -104 -459 -423 -483 -476 -23 -49 -22 -139 2 -186 73 -142 361 -457 571 -626 285 -228 642 -407 990 -497 242 -63 336 -73 660 -74 310 0 370 5 595 52 535 111 1045 392 1455 803 122 121 250 273 275 326 19 41 19 137 0 174 -41 79 -309 363 -465 492 -447 370 -946 591 -1479 653 -113 14 -422 18 -536 8z m395 -428 c171 -34 330 -124 456 -258 112 -119 167 -219 211 -378 27 -96 24 -300 -5 -401 -72 -255 -236 -447 -474 -557 -132 -62 -201 -76 -368 -76 -167 0 -236 14 -368 76 -213 98 -373 271 -451 485 -162 444 86 934 547 1084 153 49 292 57 452 25z m909 -232 c222 -123 408 -262 593 -441 76 -74 138 -139 138 -144 0 -16 -233 -242 -330 -319 -155 -123 -309 -223 -461 -299 l-81 -41 32 46 c18 26 49 83 70 128 143 306 141 649 -6 957 -25 52 -61 116 -79 142 l-34 47 45 -20 c26 -10 76 -36 113 -56z m-2057 25 c-40 -58 -105 -190 -130 -263 -110 -324 -59 -707 132 -981 25 -35 42 -64 37 -64 -19 0 -241 119 -326 174 -188 122 -406 314 -532 468 l-58 71 108 103 c185 178 428 349 672 473 66 33 121 60 123 61 2 0 -10 -19 -26 -42z\"\/><path d=\"M2375 1950 c-198 -44 -350 -190 -395 -379 -18 -76 -8 -221 19 -290 114 -284 457 -406 731 -260 98 52 188 154 231 260 27 69 37 214 19 290 -38 163 -166 304 -326 360 -67 23 -215 33 -279 19z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/i> <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi (HRNW)&#8211; Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sohail Afridi has said that former intelligence officer Faiz Hameed is an employee of a state institution, and if he has been punished, it is purely an internal matter of that institution. 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