Imran Khan’s PTI braces to fight federal takeover of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Islamabad, Pakistan — The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party of jailed ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan is planning to legally challenge the federal government’s Sunday takeover of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province that the party governed.Sheikh Waqas Akram, the PTI’s central information secretary, told Al Jazeera that the party would challenge the imposition of emergency laws — suspending civil liberties — and governor’s rule in the province in court on Tuesday. A petition had been drafted by a legal committee headed by PTI secretary general Salman Akram Raja, but Akram did not say whether it would be filed in the Supreme Court or the Federal Constitutional Court.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Can Pakistan’s Sohail Afridi win freedom for ex-PM Imran Khan?list 2 of 4What do emergency and governor rule in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa mean?list 3 of 4Pakistan suspends Imran Khan’s party-led provincial governmentlist 4 of 4Pakistan imposes emergency rule in ​province governed by Imran Khan’s partyend of listThe federal government’s moves have emerged as Pakistan’s latest political flashpoint, with competing narratives from the government and the PTI, at a time when the party was ...