KP governor says emergency will be imposed if needed to save province
“KP Governor Faisal Karim Kundi said an emergency could be imposed if needed to save the province, while questioning the planning and progress of the ongoing lon…”
PPESHAWAR —Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi has said that an emergency will be imposed if necessary to save the province, arguing that the prevailing situation could provide grounds for such a measure.
Speaking to a private television channel, Kundi said that when the situation in the province reaches such a point, the president, prime minister and other relevant institutions may consider imposing an emergency. The KP governor said that if an emergency or similar measure was imposed, he alone would be enough to deal with the situation.
He claimed that those involved were currently hiding and getting themselves arrested. Kundi said he did not make provocative statements like his opponents and would deal with them when the situation arose. Questioning the ongoing long march, he asked whether anything was actually happening in Peshawar, whether any corner meetings had been held or whether any banners had been seen.
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He said the long march had so far only resulted in what he described as self-arrests and people going into hiding. Kundi challenged the participants to cross Swabi and said there appeared to be no proper planning behind the march.
The governor claimed that the protesters wanted the march to continue for a month but did not want to reach Swabi.
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