Pakistan imposes emergency rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, deploys army
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Pakistan placed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under emergency rule on Sunday, ending the provincial administration led by jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party and transferring key powers to the federal government.
President Asif Ali Zardari issued the proclamation under Articles 232(1) and 234(1) of the Constitution after the federal cabinet endorsed the proposal. The declaration cited rising terrorist attacks, a grave law-and-order situation and a breakdown of constitutional machinery. Provincial ministers and senior officials were ordered to leave office, while Parliament or authorities acting under it will exercise the provincial assembly’s powers.
Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar said the provincial governor would administer Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with an advisory council for six months. The federal government also authorized Pakistan Army troops and assets to assist civilian authorities under Article 245. According to an Interior Ministry order reported by Dawn, Governor Faisal Karim Kundi will determine the required deployment in consultation with the military.
The measure followed a week of protests led by Chief Minister Sohail Afridi demanding Khan’s release and access to medical care. Federal officials accused the provincial government of failing to combat Islamist militancy, while PTI rejected the allegations and said Islamabad had not provided sufficient funding and equipment.
PTI chairman Gohar Ali Khan called the emergency an “undemocratic measure” that the public would not accept. Security was tightened in Peshawar, where police were deployed and shipping containers blocked several roads.
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