Suspended KP CM Sohail Afridi, assembly speaker in preventative custody: police

Now-suspended Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister Sohail Afridi and some of his cabinet members were in preventative custody after the Centre imposed emergency and governor’s rule in the province, officials confirmed on Monday. The federal government took the measures under Articles 232 and 234 of the Constitution on Sunday, citing the PTI-led KP government’s “deliberate” inaction on countering terrorism. Opposition parties have condemned the move, alleging it is politically motivated. Following the imposition, the whereabouts of Afridi were unknown to even his party members, with the PTI…