PoliticsWhat emergency and governor’s rule mean for Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Pakistan’s federal government has taken direct control of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, previously governed by Imran Khan’s PTI. President Asif Ali Zardari declared an emergency, transferring provincial government functions to the governor and provincial assembly powers to parliament. The government cited law and order and terrorism; PTI rejected the move.

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