Salman Akram Raja warns emergency will deteriorate situation in KP

Salman Akram Raja, a leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has warned that declaring an emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) might make the situation worse.He said that those who impose an emergency would have to leave the province.

Raja said the government is not being flexible in how it treats Imran Khan, the founder of PTI, and that this is hard to understand.
He also mentioned that the party had been told to stop asking for access to personal doctors.

Raja said that lawyers and family members are not currently allowed to meet Imran Khan.
He noted that the party had been informed that lawyer meetings would be allowed on Tuesday.

He said reports about Sohail Afridi, another PTI leader, were wrong.
He added that the party’s committee had full authority during the talks and rejected claims that the opposition committee wasn’t empowered.

Regarding counterterrorism efforts, Raja said PTI had suggested a unified plan.
He emphasized that dialogue is possible if there is sincerity and willingness to talk.

He said the doors for dialogue are always open.

Raja also mentioned that the party had suggested using the Punjab Act instead of the Police Act if there were objections.
He added that Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi had proposed seven ideas to fight terrorism, including the possibility of declaring an emergency in five districts.

According to Raja, PTI had asked for a strategy that everyone could agree on, but this idea was not accepted.