Pakistan imposes emergency rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
Pakistan has imposed a state of emergency in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in a move that effectively suspends the provincial government led by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. The decision was announced on Sunday and was taken under two constitutional articles dealing with security. It marks a significant escalation in the federal government's response to the situation in the province.The prime minister's office said the cabinet approved the measure after reviewing what it described as the provincial government's "deliberate disengagement from the fight against terrorism". President Asif Ali Zardari said in a social media post that he had approved the cabinet's... [Continue Reading]
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