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Pakistan declares emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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A province's government simply ceases to function: Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa emergency and what GS-II neighbourhood answers must note
Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari declared an emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, under which the federal government takes over key executive and legislative powers and the provincial government ceases to function.
Why it matters: factual, Prelims-type
What you need to know
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Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari declared an emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, under which the federal government takes over key executive and legislative powers and the provincial government ceases to function.
The army has been deployed in the province.
स्रोत: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
महत्त्वाची तथ्ये
Remember these
- Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari declared an emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
- Under the emergency, the federal government takes over key executive and legislative powers in the province.
- The provincial government ceases to function and the army has been deployed.
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a north-western province of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan; Peshawar is its capital.
- Pakistan's constitution allows the President to proclaim an emergency in a province, a provision comparable in spirit to India's Article 356.
पूर्व · मुख्य
How the exam will ask it
पूर्व
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, placed under emergency in Pakistan, is a province that borders Afghanistan.
- In Pakistan, the President is the constitutional head of state, and Asif Ali Zardari currently holds the office.
- An emergency declaration lets the federal government assume executive and legislative powers of a province, suspending the elected provincial government.
मुख्य
GS-II (India's neighbourhood; comparative federalism): Pakistan's central takeover of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa reflects the strain between federal authority and provincial autonomy, with security concerns on the Afghan border as the backdrop. Compare it with India's Article 356 and the S.R. Bommai safeguards against misuse. For India, the implications are cross-border militancy, regional instability and the need to track Pakistan's civil-military balance.
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
President Asif Ali Zardari declared an emergency, ending the functioning of the provincial government, in which Pakistani province?
- Balochistan
- Sindh
- Punjab
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
उत्तर पहा
उत्तर: D — The emergency was declared in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where the provincial government ceased to exist and the federal government took over key powers.
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