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Oct
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Gurpreet Singh): Pakistan has declared a state of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, suspending the provincial government led by jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and bringing the region under federal oversight. President Asif Ali Zardari approved the measure on Sunday, October 11, following a recommendation from Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s federal cabinet. The government cited a deteriorating security situation, increasing militant violence and what it described as the provincial administration’s failure to cooperate in counterterrorism efforts. The decision places the northwestern province, which borders Afghanistan, under governor’s rule. It comes amid heightened tensions between the…