PM Shehbaz chairs apex committee meeting in Peshawar; to review security situation in KP

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is chairing a meeting of the apex committee to review the overall security situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, state media reported on Thursday. The premier arrived in Peshawar earlier in the day on his first visit to the province since the imposition of governor’s rule and the declaration of an emergency on October 11, according to sources in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). The Centre imposed emergency and governor’s rule in KP on October 11, citing the PTI-led provincial government’s “deliberate disengagement” from the fight against terrorism. The decisions…