Pakistan, Oct. 16 -- Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Tariq Fazal Chaudhry has said the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government will regain control after authorities contain terrorism in the province.

Speaking to the media in Islamabad, Chaudhry said the federal government aims to eliminate terrorism and establish lasting peace across KP. He added that authorities would clear 12 terrorism-affected districts of militants before returning administrative control to the provincial government.

The minister said the constitutional requirements for imposing emergency and governor's rule in KP had been completed. He added that the province had entered the third phase of the process for which the emergency was imposed.

Chaudhry said the federal...