Emergency constitutional procedure: Dar cites Articles 232, 234
Ishaq Dar said the emergency constitutional procedure was followed, citing Article 232, the 10-day approval rule and a six-month cap on Article 234 proclamations.
Ishaq Dar told a joint sitting of Parliament on Thursday that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa emergency proclamations met the constitutional requirements.
Under Article 232, a proclamation the president issues on his own must go before both Houses of Parliament within 10 days.
Article 234 proclamations run for two months and can be extended in two-month blocks, up to six months in total.
Dar said the government considered emergency measures necessary only after efforts to reach a political agreement failed.
The available material does not say how the joint sitting voted or how opposition parties responded.