Authorities in Pakistan have announced a state of emergency in the the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The move on Sunday was invoked under two articles of the constitution dealing with security. It effectively suspends the provincial government run by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the party of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan. President Asif Ali Zardari said in a social media post he had approved the recommendations by the cabinet that held a meeting under Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif earlier in the day. A statement issued by Sharif’s office said cabinet members reviewed the situation and took note of the “provincial government’s deliberate disengagement from the fight against terrorism”.
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