Pakistan Declares Emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Detaining Hundreds of Imran Khan's Supporters

10/12/2026

The move comes amid escalating tensions between Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the government ahead of a planned protest demanding his release.

10/12/2026

Pakistan detains hundreds from Imran Khan’s party after emergency rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

10/12/2026

ISLAMABAD, Oct 12 - Pakistan detained politicians from former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party after suspending its provincial government under an emergency rule, escalating a confrontation...

10/12/2026

Pakistan has taken Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi and hundreds along with some of his cabinet members into preventive custody after imposing an emergency rule on the northern...

10/12/2026

Detentions followed the Central government's imposition of emergency rule on October 11 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the provincial stronghold of Khan's PTI party, after major protests demanding the...

10/12/2026

The unrest triggered violent clashes and heavy gunfire between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) loyalists and law enforcement, sparking a police crackdown and dozens of arrests

10/11/2026

Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari has suspended the provincial government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a northwestern province ruled by jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's PTI, after declaring...

10/11/2026

An emergency allows Pakistan's federal government to assume key executive and legislative powers in a province during a security crisis or breakdown of constitutional governance

10/11/2026

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has declared a state of emergency in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

10/11/2026

Sources reveal that Sohail Afridi was taken into custody during a massive joint crackdown

10/11/2026

The president of Pakistan has declared a state of emergency in the country's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

10/11/2026

Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been placed under emergency and governor’s rule by the President.

10/11/2026

Pakistan has imposed emergency rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after protests by supporters of jailed former PM Imran Khan and rising militant violence, granting the federal government sweeping powers.

10/11/2026

Intelligence agencies have told Pakistan's federal government and army that imposing emergency or governor's rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa could spark unrest, according to a report seen by CNN-News18.

10/11/2026

According to official sources, the emergency decree was triggered by a damning report from the Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

10/11/2026

Excerpts of a sensitive intelligence report accessed by CNN-News18 reveal that any direct federal takeover of the province risks a total security breakdown

10/11/2026

Pakistan has authorised the deployment of army troops in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under Article 245 after imposing emergency and governor’s rule in the PTI-ruled province.

10/11/2026

On-ground preparations for a full federal takeover intensified rapidly across KP's provincial capital

10/11/2026

The federal government, speaking of "a severe breakdown in law and order" in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa amid militant violence, named a politically allied official as in charge.