After the emergency

THE much-anticipated, and somewhat dreaded, emergency in KP was finally proclaimed by the president on Oct 11. The federal cabinet’s recommendation, the summary of the prime minister’s advice to the president, and the proclamation — all three momentous developments — occurred on the same day. The subsequent actions like t aking the chief minister — non-functional but still the elected chief minister of the province — into preventive custody by his subordinate police from within the chief minister’s official residence along with many other senior elected officials; transfer and posting of…