Emergency Rule Suspends PTI Government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

President Asif Ali Zardari suspended Imran Khan's PTI government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on 11 October 2026, declaring a six-month emergency. Acting on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's advice, he put a federally appointed governor in charge. The federal government says provincial leaders failed to contain militant violence near the Afghanistan border.