Pakistan, Oct. 18 -- Awami National Party (ANP) Central President and Senator Aimal Wali Khan has reiterated his party's opposition to the imposition of Governor's Rule and an emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, saying that although such measures are constitutionally permissible, the party considers them contrary to democratic traditions.

Speaking to the media during Governor Faisal Karim Kundi's visit to Wali Bagh, Aimal Wali Khan said that no political party committed to democracy should regard emergency rule or Governor's Rule as a positive democratic precedent.

He said it was unfortunate that the state had only now recognised the seriousness of the issue of terrorism, adding that the ANP had been warning for the past 13 years that Paki...