‘Emergency applies to all of KP, not just 12 districts’

ISLAMABAD: The emergency proclamation issued under Article 232 applies to all of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, not just the 12 terror-stricken districts of the province, Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar said on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference alongside his cabinet colleague Attaullah Tarar, the law minister said that for those 12 districts, a special mechanism had been introduced. “Under the chief executive, extra measures have been taken; a dedicated secretariat has been established which will be providing assistance to those districts,” he said. At the outset of the press briefing, the law…