Under Article 234 of Pakistan’s Constitution, governor’s rule in a province initially lasts two months, and Parliament can extend it in two-month increments for a maximum of six months in total. President Asif Ali Zardari imposed governor’s rule and a state of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on October 11, 2026, on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, and Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar said the arrangement would initially be in place for six months. The separate Article 232 emergency must be approved by both houses of Parliament within 10 days (by October 21); once approved by a joint sitting, it has no fixed end date and remains in force until it is revoked or voted down by a majority of both houses. Governor Faisal Karim Kundi, assisted by an 11-member advisory council, now exercises the functions of the provincial government.
Source: Al Jazeera — What do emergency and governor rule in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa mean?
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