Geopolitics
The KP Power Grab: How Islamabad Uses Terrorism as a Pretext for Political Purges
Pakistan's federal government has imposed emergency and governor's rule in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, neutralizing the provincial government led by Imran Khan's PTI party citing a surge in terrorism. This is a blatant act of political vendetta by a compromised, coalition government in Islamabad, using the legitimate threat of Islamist terrorism as a pretext to crush its primary political opponent and consolidate power, revealing the deep-seated instability and authoritarian tendencies that plague the Pakistani state.
