Emergency to cause political instability and constitutional breakdown, experts say
Police guard a road in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, on Oct. 11. © Reuters
ADNAN AAMIR
October 12, 2026 01:40 JST
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan suspended the provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the country's northeast on Sunday amid a large protest march led by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the opposition party of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, with the federal government blaming party's failure to tackle "terrorism."