Prime Minister and President Agree to Impose Emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pending Governor’s Report; Federal Cabinet Session Summoned for Sunday Morning
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have agreed to declare an emergency in KP on a high-level consultative meeting held at Aiwan-e-Sadr in a political and administrative development of this kind.
The president will exercise his constitutional powers when he receives the official report from KP Governor Faisal Karim Kundi, according to sources. In order to standardize the transfer, an emergency meeting of the federal cabinet has been summoned for Sunday morning at 9.30 AM to give official approval to the emergency measures.
During this session and in the decisions, the following key highlights emerged:
Federal Cabinet Approval: The cabinet is likely to approve the emergency declaration tomorrow morning, leading to the governor’s official report and a notice to the president.
Official Communiqué and Parliament Sessions: After the meeting at Aiwan-e-Sadr, an official communiqué was issued, in which the leaders discussed the overall political and security situation. It was also agreed to hold separate sitting of the National Assembly and the Senate on Tuesday, October 13.
Important dignitaries from the political and military-legal circles attended the meeting including Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, Rana Sanaullah, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar, Ahad Cheema, Attorney General Mansoor Usman Awan, Sherry Rehman, Naveed Qamar, Saleem Mandviwalla and Dr. Asim Hussain.
Continuous Mediation Process: The development has come in the wake of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s telephonic invitation to JUI-F Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman for immediate talks ahead of the growing tensions between the federal and provincial governments.