PESHAWAR, Aug 3: A former provincial minister and provincial vice-president of the Pakistan People's Party, Syed Qamar Abbas, was declared a proclaimed offender by a judicial magistrate, Asghar Shah Khilji, here on Tuesday.

The court also declared an ex-mohaladar, Haji Nisar Ahmad, a proclaimed offender and issued non-bailable arrest warrants of two other suspects, Sabir Shah, a lecturer of the Superior Science College, and Mohammad Riasat, a sub-divisional officer (Construction).

The former minister was declared a proclaimed offender after his repeated failure to appear before the court in a case of alleged wrong attestation of national identity card forms of a family.

The court had issued repeated notices to Mr Abbas and other accused in the case, but they did not turn up. Finally, their arrest warrants were issued, but still the accused did not appear before the court.

The court had issued proclamations under Section 87 of the Criminal Procedure Code against Mr Abbas and Haji Nisar in June, which were pasted outside their residences. After fulfilling that requirement under the CrPC, the court declared the two suspects proclaimed offenders.