Imran Khan's party's provincial government suspended by Pakistan president

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O presidente paquistanês Asif Ali Zardari suspendeu o governo eleito de Khyber Pakhtunkhwa após declarar estado de emergência, retirando seus poderes administrativos. A medida ocorre durante um confronto político entre o governo do primeiro-ministro Shehbaz Sharif e o partido de Imran Khan, que governa a província.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Pakistan's president suspended the government in a province ruled by the party of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan after declaring a state of emergency on Sunday, his office said, stripping its elected administration of its powers. The decision comes amid a confrontation between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's government and Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, which governs northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.