Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Session Postponed Amid Dissident Fears

KP assembly session put off amid fears of dissident backlash

PESHAWAR/MANSEHRA: Following the emergence of a dissident group of lawmakers within the ruling PTI, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Speaker Babar Saleem Swati seems reluctant to hold an assembly session, apparently fearing criticism against the provincial government by the party’s own MPAs over the question of Imran Khan’s continued imprisonment. Reports of rifts within the PTI emerged soon after the induction of new ministers, advisers and special assistants – who took oath on May 22. It is unde...

By [email protected] (Ashfaq YusufzaiNisar Ahmad Khan)