Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has created a committee led by his deputy to oversee Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a day after Islamabad took over the opposition-run province under emergency powers and placed its chief minister in custody.
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Emergency rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will last until security improves, minister says
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s opposition and its lawyers are taking the federal takeover of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the courts, challenging whether Islamabad had constitutional grounds to remove an elected provincial government and hold its chief minister in preventive custody.
Pakistan holds KP chief minister and hundreds of PTI members after emergency takeover
ISLAMABAD: Police have detained 278 members of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since the federal government imposed emergency rule on Sunday, AFP reported on Monday.
Houthis strike Riyadh airport for second day running, killing Pakistani resident
ISLAMABAD: Houthi rebels struck Riyadh’s main airport for a second consecutive day on Sunday, killing a Pakistani resident and injuring 11 others, a day after an attack there left 13 people dead.
Eight PTI leaders held after Islamabad suspends Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government
PESHAWAR: At least eight leaders of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister Sohail Afridi, are in police protective custody, officials said on Monday, a day after Islamabad suspended the provincial government.
JUI-F chief rejects federal takeover of KP, points to worse security in Balochistan
ISLAMABAD: Maulana Fazlur Rehman, a key political mediator, has accused the government of going back on its commitments after it imposed an emergency and governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ending Imran Khan’s party’s control of the province.
Minister Tarar accuses Imran Khan’s PTI of “unholy alliance” with Taliban
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Attaullah Tarar has accused the government of the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of a “nexus” with militant groups, in a press conference called to justify the federal takeover of the province.
Governor Kundi vows ‘zero tolerance’ on corruption and terror networks in KP under emergency rule
PESHAWAR: The governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has vowed “zero tolerance” on corruption and promised to dismantle the networks that sustain terrorism, as he convened the first meeting of a federally appointed advisory council on the day Islamabad imposed emergency and governor’s rule on the opposition-run province.
Pakistan deploys army to province under emergency rule, Peshawar sealed off
ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR: The federal government has authorised the deployment of army troops and assets across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, hours after imposing emergency and governor’s rule in the province run by Imran Khan’s party.
Pakistan reaffirms Saudi defence pact after airport attack kills 12
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has condemned a Houthi missile strike on Riyadh’s main airport that killed at least 12 people and wounded 309, six of them Pakistani nationals, and has pledged to stand by Saudi Arabia under a defence pact the two countries signed with Turkey two months ago.