Imran Khan’s PTI plans to legally challenge Pakistan’s federal takeover of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after emergency and governor’s rule were imposed on Sunday.
01Summary
- 01PTI central information secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram said the party will challenge the emergency laws and governor’s rule in court on Tuesday.
- 02President Asif Ali Zardari imposed emergency rule and governor’s rule on Sunday, suspending the PTI-led provincial government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
- 03Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said federal rule was needed to better combat terrorism in the province, which borders Afghanistan.
- 04Suspended chief minister Sohail Afridi and some cabinet members have been taken into preventive custody, according to Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry.
- 05The PTI says the province paid 1.83 billion rupees ($6.6 million) to families of more than 900 soldiers, police and paramilitary personnel killed fighting armed groups.
02Why it matters
The move deepens Pakistan’s political crisis and raises questions about provincial autonomy and the handling of militancy in a key border region. It also affects PTI’s wider campaign to pressure authorities to free Imran Khan.
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