PTI challenges governor’s rule in KP, seeks elec...

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• Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has challenged the imposition of emergency and governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) in the Peshawar High Court, seeking the restoration of the province’s elected government.
• Meanwhile, PTI Secretary General Barrister Salman Akram Raja said the party was also pursuing legal action to establish the whereabouts of KP Chief Minister Sohail Afridi and determine where he was being held.
• The legal challenge comes after the federal government imposed emergency and governor’s rule in KP on October 11, suspending the PTI-led provincial administration.

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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has challenged the imposition of emergency and governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) in the Peshawar High Court, seeking the restoration of the province’s elected government.

PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan filed the petition on Wednesday against the federal government and other respondents. The party is asking the court to restore the provincial administration, arguing that the people’s elected representatives should continue to govern the province.