Imposition of emergency in a province isn’t a new thing: Law minister

ISLAMABAD  – Federal Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar said Tuesday that the imposi­tion of emergency in Khy­ber Pakhtunkhwa is strict­ly in accordance with the Constitution of Pakistan.

Flanked by Minister for Information and Broad­casting Attaullah Tarar, he was briefing repre­sentatives of the foreign media in Islamabad on the measures taken in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The minister said the option had been exer­cised after thorough de­liberations in the feder­al cabinet for the unity, security, and well-being of the state of Pakistan.

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He also noted that elected governments in the past have exercised this con­stitutional option.

Referring to the circum­stances which led to this decision, the minister highlighted the increase in terror incidents in the province and lack of will­ingness by the PTI gov­ernment in Khyber Pa­khtunkhwa to curb the menace. He said about 2,900 terrorist incidents were reported in the province between 2021 and 2024, while the fig­ure rose by 195 percent to approximately 8,600 over the last two years.

He said it is highly un­fortunate that, at a time when security person­nel and civilians were be­ing targeted by terrorists, the PTI-led provincial government’s priority was not to curt terrorism through coordinated ef­forts with federal agen­cies, but to mobilize peo­ple for political gains. The minister said the deci­sion concerning Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been taken by the federal cab­inet through consensus, without any dissent, to protect the people of the province and strength­en the federation. In his remarks, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said various efforts were made to engage with the PTI and the Khyber Pakh­tunkhwa government to build consensus on coun­terterrorism measures.

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