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Pakistan dissolves Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government

Pakistan’s government dissolved the administration of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the country’s only provincial government led by Imran Khan’s party. The government said the provincial administration was aligned with the Pakistani Taliban, while critics said the decision was intended to remove Khan’s party from power.

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Arrest of PTI members in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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Pakistani authorities arrested 278 members of former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in the northern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to anonymous police officers. The arrests followed the national government’s declaration of an emergency in the province.