Emergency looms over KP as Centre-PTI rift widens
• PML-N, PPP leaders finalise plan to bring KP under federal control • PM calls cabinet meeting today to discuss constitutional options • Fazl holds meetings with PM, PTI leaders to defuse tensions • Interior minister says ‘no room left’ to avoid emergency • KP police chief directs security measures ahead of possible protests • Separate NA, Senate sessions to be summoned for Tuesday • Govt plans…
The political tensions in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province have intensified, with the Centre-PTI rift widening, putting the province at risk of an emergency situation. The PML-N and PPP leaders have finalized a plan to bring KP under federal control by invoking constitutional provisions regarding the imposition of an emergency and governor's rule.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called a meeting of the federal cabinet to discuss these options, while separate sessions of the National Assembly and Senate are set to be summoned for Tuesday. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has stated that there is no room left to avoid the imposition of an emergency in KP, having made every possible effort to defuse the tension.
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