Pakistan President declares emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, provincial government ceases to exist

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Pakistan's president has declared an emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, under which the federal government can take on key provincial executive and legislative powers. The move is described as a response to a security crisis or a breakdown in constitutional governance, and the provincial government is reported to have ceased to exist.

An emergency allows Pakistan's federal government to assume key executive and legislative powers in a province during a security crisis or breakdown of constitutional governance