DPM Dar defends emergency and governor's rule in KP, says measures not politically motivated

A day after the government imposed governor’s rule and emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar defended the move, saying it was not politically motivated but instead taken to curb terrorism. DPM Dar made the comments while addressing a seminar in Islamabad, which came after the federal government imposed emergency under Article 232 and the governor’s rule under Article 234 in KP. The Cabinet recommended the move, citing the PTI-led provincial government’s “deliberate disengagement from the fight against terrorism”. Referring to “recent…