International media is covering the emergency imposed in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Some facts need to be clear.
The federal government has suspended the only remaining elected provincial government in the country under the pretext of “security.” This is not a routine constitutional measure. It is the formalization of Asim Munir’s martial law. “Emergency” is merely the rebranded language of martial law. What we are witnessing is military fascism in Pakistan.
The people of Pakistan have clearly rejected this move. It is forced upon them against their democratic will.
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister and leader of the ongoing PTI protests, Sohail Afridi, has responded to the possibility of emergency rule being imposed in the province, saying there is no other option but to accept the protesters’ demands.
He added that only Imran Khan’s law applies in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and that the protesters will not back down until their demands are met.
Sohail Afridi warned that if a state of emergency or governor’s rule is imposed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, people will forget Turkey as an example of resistance.
His remarks come as Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari reportedly discussed the possibility of imposing emergency rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa yesterday.
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Sohail Afridi, the former Chief Minister of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and Junaid Akbar, provincial president of former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), have reportedly been arrested, according to MNA Shahid Khattak.
The reported arrests follow the imposition of emergency rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which suspended the PTI-led provincial government. Further details about their detention are awaited.
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Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari imposed a state of emergency in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province ruled by jailed former PM Imran Khan's party, the president's office said on Sunday.
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🚨 HUGE PROTEST ERUPTS IN PAKISTAN 🇵🇰
Protesters are demanding the immediate release of former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Question remains the same why IMRAN KHAN still in Jail ?
Thousands of Imran Khan supporters are on the way to Islamabad to demand his release from prison. Pakistan’s former PM has been in jail since 2023. The government says it will not allow the march to enter the capital.
🚨 Update:
Massive crowds: Millions of Pakistanis joined protests today demanding the immediate release of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, while raising slogans in support of Palestine and against war with Iran or Yemen.
Day 5 of the protests in Pakistan. 🇵🇰
They have not given up since Azad Pakistan. This could be one of the biggest protests Pakistan has ever witnessed.
The Afridis and their team have launched a massive campaign against ASIM MUNIR, with one clear demand: FREE IMRAN KHAN! 🇵🇰
They love him so much that they want him to be released from jail with immediate effect.
The Ummah is united in Pakistan. 🤝🇵🇰
BREAKING🇵🇰🔥Pakistani police have used tear gas, baton charge and mass arrests against the Imran Khan supporters in recent peaceful protest in multiple region.
- At Least 200 Pro-PTI Activists, hundreds of Additional arrests in Karachi, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, and Muzaffarabad.
ابھی لانگ مارچ ضلع خیبر میں ہے اور یہ مناظر دیکھنے کے قابل ہیں۔ جب یہی لانگ مارچ صوابی پہنچے گی اور تمام بڑے بڑے قافلے اس میں شامل ہوں گے، تو پھر بڑوں بڑوں کی نیندیں حرام ہو جائیں گی۔ 🔥
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Thousands of protesters are marching toward Islamabad, putting pressure on the government to free former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who has been imprisoned for more than three years. https://t.co/h7JVo5609c
🚨 Update:
Pakistan's people continue protesting today.
Legitimate demands — and a people whose calls deserve to be heard:
— The release of Imran Khan, who was imprisoned unjustly.
— Rejection of Shahbaz Sharif's policies that do not serve [—].
Tragic that US-backed dictator Asim Munir is doing this
Why abuse Imran Khan and his family and force the country into a crisis — and now join US-Israel war on Yemen?
He can still choose another path:
free political prisoners and allow real elections