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Pakistan Detains Khyber Pakhtunkhwa CM and Hundreds of PTI Supporters Amid Emergency Rule
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Firstpost•12-10-2026, 13:51
Pakistan Detains Khyber Pakhtunkhwa CM and Hundreds of PTI Supporters Amid Emergency Rule
- •Pakistan authorities detained Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi and several cabinet members under preventive custody following the declaration of emergency rule in the northern province.
- •The federal government invoked emergency powers due to a deteriorating security situation and alleged indifference by the provincial administration in the fight against terrorism.
- •Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a strong political base for jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
- •PTI leaders strongly condemned the suspension of the provincial government and detentions as an undemocratic and alarming political move.
- •Thousands of PTI supporters have been participating in long marches demanding the release of Imran Khan and protesting against harsh economic conditions.
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The federal government declared emergency rule under Articles 232 and 234 due to a deteriorating law and order situation, rising terrorist incidents, and the provincial government's deliberate indifference in the counterterrorism war following broken negotiations.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi and hundreds of supporters and cabinet members from Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party were taken into preventive custody.
The PTI party strongly condemned the measure as an undemocratic and alarming political mistake, stating that the public will never accept such actions against their rights.
