Parliamentary Affairs Minister Tariq Fazal Chaudhry said on Friday that the Centre had finished deliberating on the imposition of an emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, warning that a lack of provincial government cooperation on counter-terrorism would lead it to enforce an emergency and then eradicate terrorism.
The minister made these remarks on Geo News programme ‘Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Saath’, during which he also refused to confirm reports that a high-level meeting was expected on Saturday to decide on the imposition of an emergency in KP.
The Centre has warned the PTI-led KP government in recent days of sending it packing through an emergency or governor’s rule as the party goes ahead with a protest march to demand the release of its jailed founder, Imran Khan. Federal ministers have cited the security situation in KP in this connection with the possibility of an emergency in the province.
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