Event Brief
Oct 12, 2026 at 5:08 AM ET
Afridi, KP assembly speaker held in preventive custody
By The BriefBrief · Sources (2)
Police said suspended Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, the provincial assembly speaker and some cabinet members were in preventive custody on Monday, following the Centre’s imposition of emergency and governor’s rule in the province on Sunday. The federal government cited what it called the PTI-led government’s deliberate inaction against terrorism.
WHO: Police
WHAT: Police said Sohail Afridi, the KP assembly speaker and some cabinet members were in preventive custody.
WHEN: Oct 12, 2026
WHERE: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
WHY: Officials linked the custody to the Centre’s emergency and governor’s rule measures, which the federal government said were prompted by the PTI-led KP government’s deliberate inaction on countering terrorism.
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