ISLAMABAD, (daily paklish): The federal government on Sunday imposed an emergency and governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after President Asif Ali Zardari approved the federal cabinet’s recommendations.
In a statement posted on X, the President’s Office said the president signed the summary in view of the security situation in the province.
The President’s House said the measures were approved under Articles 232 and 234 of the Constitution.
Prior to this, the Federal Cabinet has recommended that the Prime Minister advise the President to impose an emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in view of the gravity of the situation.
According to a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office, the Federal Cabinet, which met in Islamabad today with Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif in the chair, was briefed on the law-and-order situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the deteriorating security situation due to terrorism.
The Cabinet reviewed in detail the worsening law-and-order situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the provincial government’s deliberate disengagement from the fight against terrorism.
The Federal Cabinet recommended to the Prime Minister to advise the President to exercise his constitutional powers and impose emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under Articles 232 and 234 of the Constitution of Pakistan, in view of the gravity of the situation.
In this regard, the advice has been sent from the Prime Minister’s House to the President’s House.