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Bilawal offers to ask PM to end KP emergency if PTI returns to talks, as NA weighs endorsement resolution

PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari told the National Assembly on Wednesday he would personally ask PM Shehbaz Sharif to lift the emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa if PTI returns to dialogue. He still backed the emergency, calling it a temporary step, while a resolution seeking its endorsement was tabled in the House.

14 Oct 2026 ·3 min read

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KP emergency in Parliament: Tarar cites 3,787 terror incidents as PTI calls it a political move; Bara protest turns violent

The government defended the emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in both houses of Parliament, with Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar citing a sharp rise in terrorist incidents. PTI says the move is a political crisis dressed up as a security measure. In Khyber district, a PTI protest in Bara turned violent, with a NADRA office set on fire and around 50 people arrested, police say.

14 Oct 2026 ·4 min read