{"id":74255,"date":"2026-05-05T17:24:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T12:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=74255"},"modified":"2026-05-05T17:24:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T12:24:25","slug":"kp-announces-pen-down-strike-over-alleged-federal-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=74255","title":{"rendered":"KP announces pen-down strike over alleged federal discrimination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has announced a province-wide pen-down strike, alleging discriminatory treatment by the federal government in key financial and administrative matters.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, while addressing the media, said the province was being subjected to \u201cdeliberate discrimination\u201d due to its political alignment, claiming that issues related to the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award, electricity, and gas allocations were not being handled fairly.<\/p>\n<p>He announced that a pen-down strike would be observed across the province on May 6, with essential emergency services exempted from the shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>The chief minister further alleged that former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi were not being provided adequate medical care under the supervision of their personal physicians. 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