巴基斯坦总统宣布在该国西北部的开伯尔-普什图省实施紧急状态。
Pakistan's president declares state of emergency in province run by Imran Khan's party The president of Pakistan has declared a state of emergency in the country's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
该地区此前由巴基斯坦正义运动党（PTI）执政，该党属于被监禁的前总理伊姆兰·汗。
The region had been run by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the party of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan.
但巴基斯坦总统阿西夫·阿里·扎尔达里表示，在有关该省地方政府未能打击当地伊斯兰武装分子的指控后，该省地方政府将被停职。
But Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan's president, said the province's local government would be suspended after allegations it had failed to tackle Islamist militancy in the area.
一个由政府批准的新任省长和顾问委员会现已介入接管，部队也被部署到该地区。该地区与阿富汗接壤，近几个月来受到多起武装袭击的影响。政府表示，这一安排最初将持续六个月。
A new government-approved governor and advisory council has now stepped in to take charge, with troops also deployed to the region, which borders Afghanistan and has been affected by several militant attacks in recent months. The government said the arrangement would be in place for six months initially.
内政部长莫赫辛·纳克维为这些措施辩护称：“局势如此严峻，在一些地区，傍晚之后你不会看到任何居民走出家门。”但伊姆兰·汗的政党驳斥了这些指控，并表示政府未能向其提供打击武装分子所需的资金和设备。
Interior minister Mohsin Naqvi justified the measures claiming: "The situation is so grave that you wouldn't see any residents coming out of their houses after evening in some of the districts." But Mr Khan's party rejected the accusations and said the government had failed to provide it with the funding and equipment it needed to tackle the militants.