{"id":387443,"date":"2026-10-13T10:00:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T09:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/pakistan-imposes-emergency-rule-in-imran-khan-stronghold-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T10:00:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T09:00:58","slug":"pakistan-imposes-emergency-rule-in-imran-khan-stronghold-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/pakistan-imposes-emergency-rule-in-imran-khan-stronghold-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan imposes emergency rule in Imran Khan stronghold | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/iweii-gV8Ls\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Pakistan imposes emergency rule in Imran Khan stronghold | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iweii-gV8Ls\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Pakistan has imposed emergency rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, suspending the elected provincial government led by jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan\u2019s PTI party. Chief Minister Sohail Afridi and other provincial leaders have been detained.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s release.<\/p>\n<p>Ayesha Siddiqa, a senior fellow in King\u2019s College London\u2019s Department of War Studies and an expert on Pakistan\u2019s military, examines the security justification, the political stakes and PTI\u2019s own responsibility for protecting people.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Emergency rule sparks protests in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa<br \/>\n00:31 Protesters condemn suspension of provincial government<br \/>\n01:12 Federal government cites terrorism and security concerns<br \/>\n01:25 Government supporter defends emergency measures<br \/>\n02:01 Rising militant violence along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border<br \/>\n02:19 Pakistan Movement for Justice (PTI) rejects accusations over security failures<br \/>\n02:28 Imran Khan&#8217;s supporters march on Islamabad<br \/>\n03:14 Interview: Ayesha Siddiqa, Department of War Studies, King&#8217;s College London<br \/>\n03:48 Terrorism used as justification for a political power grab<br \/>\n05:21 Ayesha Siddiqa on PTI, the military and the Taliban threat<br \/>\n07:36 Ayesha Siddiqa on whether the emergency will strengthen Imran Khan politically<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baReddit: https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/DWNews\/<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>#dwcurrentaffairs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan has imposed emergency rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, suspending the elected provincial government led by jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan\u2019s 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":387444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-387443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pakistan imposes emergency rule in Imran Khan stronghold | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Pakistan imposes emergency rule in Imran Khan stronghold | DW News for free, here on News ISC. 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