PTI Rejects Emergency, Governor's Rule in KP, Condemns Arrests of CM Sohail Afridi, Junaid Akbar
- President Asif Ali Zardari approved emergency rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s advice, suspending the elected PTI-led provincial administration.
- Former Chief Minister Sohail Afridi and provincial PTI president Junaid Akbar were detained, while former Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur was placed under house arrest.
- The government cited worsening militancy as justification for the emergency rule.
- PTI leaders rejected the measure as undemocratic and an attack on electoral rights and provincial autonomy.
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Emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Ex-CM under house arrest, PTI leaders detained
Pakistan imposed emergency rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and moved against PTI leaders within hours. The step has sharpened the government's confrontation with the Iran Khan's party's elected party over security and autonomy.
PTI calls Centre's move 'grave political mistake'
PTI’s Junaid Akbar claims he and CM Afridi have been arrested, but govt has yet to issue an official statement Faisal Sheikh ISLAMABAD” Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan has condemned the imposition of emergency and governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, calling the move a “grave political mistake”. The federal government decided to […]
PTI claims Sohail Afridi, Junaid Akbar have been arrested
F.P. Report Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has claimed that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi and provincial party president Junaid Akbar have been arrested. The claim was made in a statement shared on social media by Junaid Akbar’s team, who said that both he and Afridi had been taken into custody. The alleged arrests come amid […]
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