Imran Khan’s PTI braces to fight federal takeover of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
· World · Al Jazeera, NDTV
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party is preparing to legally challenge the federal government's Sunday imposition of emergency laws and governor's rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the province it has governed since 2013. A petition drafted by the party's legal committee headed by Secretary General Salman Akram Raja will be filed in the Supreme Court or Federal Constitutional Court, though the exact venue remains unspecified. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi justified the takeover as necessary to combat terrorism in the province bordering Afghanistan, citing the provincial government's failure to adequately address the menace. Suspended Chief Minister Sohail Afridi and cabinet members have been taken into preventive custody despite the party insisting the long march toward Islamabad continues.
Why it matters
The move represents a significant escalation in Pakistan's political crisis, directly impacting the 26 million residents of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and intensifying the standoff between the jailed former prime minister's party and the federal government over security governance.
Read the original report — Al Jazeera
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