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Pakistan declares emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, arrests PTI leaders

Pakistan suspended the PTI-dominated provincial government in its northwestern stronghold, though specific details on which party leaders were arrested remain unclear.

On air: Rosa Ticks and Chip Darnell on BBN Crime Watch
Published 8:35 PM ET, Monday, October 12, 2026

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At a glance

First reported by Breitbart: “Pakistan Declares State of Emergency, Arrests Leaders of Former PM Imran Khan’s Party”.
Covered on BBN on Monday, October 12, 2026, at 8:35 PM ET on BBN Crime Watch, by Rosa Ticks and Chip Darnell.
Topics: Pakistan, PM.
BBN covered this story before: Iran war strains energy supply; Pakistan emergency rule… (October 11).

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BreitbartPakistan Declares State of Emergency, Arrests Leaders of Former PM Imran Khan’s Party

What BBN said about it

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorPakistan declared a state of emergency on Monday in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the stronghold of former prime minister Imran Khan's party, and suspended the provincial government led by that party.
Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterIt's a quiet province. Or it was. And I have the evidence right here: one paragraph, from Breitbart, and I have read it forty times!
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOne paragraph.
Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterEvery comma is a witness, Chip, and I want them on the stand!
Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterWho declared it, who got arrested, and who is eating nothing at all in a locked room tonight?
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe report says leaders of the party were arrested too, though the details on who and how many are not in what we have, so we'll stick to what we know.
Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterThat is exactly what someone with something to hide would say about a paragraph!
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorRosa, I'm the one reading it to you.
Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterCase closed, then. Allegedly.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorGloria Vance has been to more of these places than the paragraph has commas, so what has she got?

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