Pakistan's federal government declared a state of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Oct 11, 2026 under two constitutional articles dealing with security, effectively suspending the elected provincial government of Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party. The cabinet under Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif cited the provincial government's 'deliberate disengagement from the fight against terrorism' as justification, and PTI's chief minister Sohail Afridi and the party's provincial president were subsequently arrested. A provincial governor and advisory council will administer the province for an initial six months, in a move that came as PTI was preparing a march on Islamabad demanding the release of Khan, who has been jailed for over three years.
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