{"id":20017,"date":"2026-02-26T15:31:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T10:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=20017"},"modified":"2026-02-26T15:31:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T10:31:16","slug":"kp-government-silent-on-terrorism-prioritizing-pti-founders-release-says-khawaja-asif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=20017","title":{"rendered":"KP Government Silent on Terrorism, Prioritizing PTI Founder\u2019s Release, Says Khawaja Asif"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\">\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-turn-id=\"request-69561a19-c07c-8331-a726-7a0a9c86b8d1-6\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-50\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"36549467-aebb-42b0-ae42-d92846d66850\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-2\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"1590\" data-end=\"1875\"><strong>Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has stated that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government speaks of forming a force for the release of the founder of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf but refrains from raising its voice effectively against terrorism. He described this as a contradiction in priorities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1879\" data-end=\"2175\">In his statement, Khawaja Asif said that the provincial government avoids attending the funerals of martyrs, despite daily reports of police personnel being martyred. He added that the PTI founder has been made the first and last priority, while other issues are being treated as insignificant.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2179\" data-end=\"2484\">He further remarked that efforts appear focused on safeguarding the chief minister\u2019s position, while the security of the province and the country is being overlooked. According to him, the internal structure of the political party is unclear, with multiple factions whose exact number remains uncertain.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2488\" data-end=\"2765\">The defence minister also claimed that many within the party seemingly prefer that the PTI founder remain in prison, while overseas YouTubers are benefiting from the situation. He alleged that internal divisions exist within the party and members are criticizing one another.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2769\" data-end=\"2959\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Khawaja Asif concluded that although there are thousands of disagreements among various PTI groups, there is complete consensus on one issue that the party founder should remain behind bars.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"text-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none h-px w-px absolute bottom-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-edge=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"1590\" data-end=\"1875\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has stated that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government speaks of forming a force for the release of the founder of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf but refrains from raising its voice effectively against terrorism. He described this as a contradiction in priorities. In his statement, Khawaja Asif said that the provincial government avoids [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20018,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,36],"tags":[386,53,2596,9299,2315,366],"class_list":["post-20017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-pakistan","tag-khawaja-asif","tag-kp-government","tag-national-security","tag-political-statement","tag-pti-founder","tag-terrorism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20017"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20019,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20017\/revisions\/20019"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}