Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan, Amir Muqam, warned that all legal requirements for imposing governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have been fulfilled. Muqam stated that the situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was evident to everyone.
He added that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led provincial government governed the province for 13 years. According to Muqam, the biggest issue confronting Khyber Pakhtunkhwa remains law and order.
Separately, at least 13 people, including two women and a two-year-old child, died when a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into an anti-smuggling check post in Dera Ismail Khan’s Darazanda area. Explosions targeting a mosque inside Kohat Police Lines during Friday prayer killed 22 people, including 16 police officials, and injured 103 others.
KP Governor Faisal Karim Kundi asserted that the provincial government should avoid creating a situation that necessitates governor’s rule. Faisal Karim Kundi confirmed that if President Asif Ali Zardari issued an order for governor’s rule, it would be implemented.
Azam Nazeer Tarar claimed that imposing an emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa should definitely occur if circumstances demand it. Tarar stated that all steps would follow if the Constitution’s stipulated requirements were met.
KP Chief Minister Sohail Afridi announced he would not abandon his post despite threats of an emergency or governor’s rule. Sohail Afridi called for all Khyber Pakhtunkhwa stakeholders to participate in forming a new security policy.
Afridi claimed that implementing his government's new policy could restore peace in the province within 100 days.
Sohail Afridi stated, “I curse such a chair that forces me to abandon my ideology”.
Sohail Afridi
