K-P governor warns emergency may be imposed if needed to 'save province'

“If imposing emergency becomes necessary to save the province, then we will certainly impose it,” Kundi said while speaking to the media today. He said the president, prime minister and other institutions could consider imposing an emergency if they believed the situation in the province had deteriorated.

Kundi also issued a warning to those taking part in the march, saying, “If emergency is imposed, I alone will be enough for them.” He claimed PTI workers were currently “hiding and getting themselves arrested”.

“I do not make threats like them. When the field is set, I will deal with them,” Kundi said. Read:CM Afridi lays out K-P long march schedule amid govt-PTI deadlock in talks.

Questioning the scale of the PTI protest, he asked, “What long march? Is anything happening in Peshawar? Have you seen any banners?”The governor said he had so far seen only “self-staged arrests and people going into hiding” during the long march.

“Let them cross Swabi first. It may take a month, but it will not happen,” Kundi said. His remarks came after two rounds of government-opposition talksfailedto resolve differences over PTI’s planned march to Islamabad.

The talks, chaired by National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq, ended in the early hours of Sunday without an agreement. The opposition had insisted on meeting PTI founder Imran Khan before calling off the march, while disagreements also remained over his access to personal doctors and the federal government’s proposed approach to counter-terrorism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

PTI leaders subsequently said the march would proceed as planned. CM Afridi announced that its first phase would begin from Gandi Chowk in Lakki Marwat on Sunday, with caravans from several southern districts joining the procession.