The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) chapter has issued a white paper accusing the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led provincial government of poor governance and inadequate measures to tackle terrorism, citing rising attacks, police casualties and shortages of weapons and equipment.
According to reports, the white paper was presented in Islamabad by Prime Minister’s Coordinator to KP Ikhtiar Wali Khan and MNA Samar Haroon Bilour, who said that the province’s law and order situation had deteriorated despite substantial resources being allocated for counterterrorism.
As per the figures cited in the document, 122 police personnel were killed in the first six months of 2026, compared with 63 during the same period in 2025, an increase of 93.7 percent.
The number of injured officers rose from 84 to 175, while 680 terrorist attacks were recorded between January and September, compared with 508 during the corresponding period last year.
The PML-N leaders claimed more than Rs80,000 crore had been provided to KP for counterterrorism but alleged that the provincial government had failed to equip police with adequate modern weapons and other equipment.
The white paper said the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) had only nine M4 rifles against a requirement of 200 as of December 2025.
It also cited 11 night-vision devices against a requirement of 35 and 17 bulletproof vehicles, compared with 76 in Punjab and 42 in Balochistan.
The document further highlighted delays in filling CTD vacancies and questioned the use of funds allocated for security.
It also raised concerns over drug seizures, smuggling and the alleged politicisation of the police.
Bilour criticised Chief Minister (CM) Sohail Afridi for chairing his first provincial apex committee meeting 112 days after taking office, questioning the implementation of decisions taken by the committee.
Afridi, meanwhile, defended his government’s performance, stressing that resources alone would not resolve the security crisis without a change in counterterrorism policy.
He said the government had diverted Rs35 billion from the development budget to the police and was providing modern weapons and essential equipment.
“We repeatedly stated that the state’s current policy was flawed. The blood of our Pakhtuns will flow again,” Afridi said, calling for a new counterterrorism policy involving the provincial government, administration and police.
