Ministers defend KP emergency, cite worsening terrorism

ISLAMABAD: Federal ministers on Sunday defended the imposition of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, saying the government had been forced to choose between continued militant violence and what they described as a difficult constitutional decision.Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, addressing a press conference alongside Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar and Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, said the decision had been taken because of the deteriorating security situation in the province.