Pakistan has imposed emergency rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, suspending the elected provincial government led by jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s PTI party. Chief Minister Sohail Afridi and other provincial leaders have been detained.
The federal government says the intervention is necessary to tackle worsening militant violence. PTI says it is intended to stop its supporters marching on Islamabad to demand Khan’s release.
Ayesha Siddiqa, a senior fellow in King’s College London’s Department of War Studies and an expert on Pakistan’s military, examines the security justification, the political stakes and PTI’s own responsibility for protecting people.
00:00 Emergency rule sparks protests in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
00:31 Protesters condemn suspension of provincial government
01:12 Federal government cites terrorism and security concerns
01:25 Government supporter defends emergency measures
02:01 Rising militant violence along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border
02:19 Pakistan Movement for Justice (PTI) rejects accusations over security failures
02:28 Imran Khan’s supporters march on Islamabad
03:14 Interview: Ayesha Siddiqa, Department of War Studies, King’s College London
03:48 Terrorism used as justification for a political power grab
05:21 Ayesha Siddiqa on PTI, the military and the Taliban threat
07:36 Ayesha Siddiqa on whether the emergency will strengthen Imran Khan politically
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