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PM lambasts PTI’s KP governance, defends governor’s rule to ‘protect lives, economy’

Pakistan Published 31 October 2026, 17:22 · archived 31 Oct 2026

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday defended the imposition of governor’s rule and emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, saying the decision was necessary to protect the lives of people, the province’s economy and society, as well as the country. Addressing members and office-bearers of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) parliamentary party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the prime minister said the government had tried to resolve matters through negotiations, but its proposals were not accepted, according to the PM Office. He said a joint committee of the Pakistan Peoples Party and PML-N held...

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