In the latest KP emergency news, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Saturday that the federal government was “compelled” to impose emergency and governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa because the provincial government did not cooperate enough in countering terrorism. He repeated that line while offering condolences in Gujranwala at the residence of Rashid Bashir Virk on the death of former MNA Mahmood Bashir Virk.
The Centre imposed emergency and governor’s rule in the province on 11 October. Officials cited the provincial government’s “deliberate disengagement” from the anti-terrorism effort. Parliament endorsed those steps this week, while the opposition protested.
Why the prime minister says the Centre acted
PM Shehbaz said the Centre had made a “last attempt” through a joint PPP and government delegation that held talks with the opposition. He said those contacts lasted “day and night, for 48 hours,” with a draft ready under which the PTI was to call off its long march. The hours-long second round on 3 October ended without a breakthrough.
He said he had held several meetings with Sohail Afridi, the KP chief minister whose role he described as now non-functional, and with Afridi’s predecessor, Ali Amin Gandapur. In those meetings, he said, he stressed KP’s importance and offered federal support on security, administration, resources and necessities in consultation with the provincial side.
Despite those efforts, he said, law enforcement personnel and armed forces officers were “sacrificing their lives every day.” He argued the federal government faced “threats and long marches every other day” in return. Recalling past PTI sit-ins, including the 2014 D-Chowk protest during Nawaz Sharif’s tenure and a sit-in in Islamabad last year that he linked to November 2024 clashes, he alleged the party again had “an entire plan of bloodshed.”
Political dispute behind the KP emergency news
The 11 October move followed weeks of tension after the PTI announced a long march to Islamabad demanding the release of its jailed founder, Imran Khan. Federal ministers alleged the PTI-led KP government had a “nexus” with terrorist groups and said the security situation required emergency rule. The PTI said it was being left out of security decisions for KP, which the Centre denied. Counterterrorism policy was a main point of breakdown in the 3 October talks: the PTI sought a review of that policy, while the Centre criticised the KP government’s anti-terror record and its stance on dialogue with the Afghan Taliban.
Timeline: what has happened so far
- 2014: PM Shehbaz recalled PTI sit-ins at Islamabad’s D-Chowk during Nawaz Sharif’s tenure.
- November 2024: He referred to a PTI sit-in in Islamabad that led to clashes.
- 3 October: A second, hours-long round of Centre–PTI talks ended without a breakthrough.
- 11 October: The Centre imposed emergency and governor’s rule in KP.
- This week: Parliament endorsed the emergency and governor’s rule amid opposition protests.
- Saturday: PM Shehbaz reiterated that the Centre was compelled to act, speaking in Gujranwala.
Aasan alfaaz mein
Wazir-e-Azam Shehbaz Sharif ne kaha hai ke federal hukumat KP mein emergency aur governor’s rule lagaane par majboor thi. Unke mutabiq yeh faisla is liye hua ke soobai hukumat dehshatgardi ke khilaf kaafi cooperation nahi kar rahi thi. Ye qadam 11 October ko liya gaya, aur Parliament ne is hafta iski himayat ki. Aam logon ke liye iska matlab yeh hai ke ab soobe ki intizami soorat-e-haal federal aur governor’s rule ke neeche chal rahi hai, jab ke siyasi aur security tension ab bhi bari hai.
