Maulana Fazlur Rehman called for a joint in-camera session of parliament to deliberate on the security situation in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Rehman stated, "The only platform for taking the nation into confidence is parliament. Apart from that, where is the nation?"
He added, "If the nation is to form a force against terrorism and sit in the trenches, then take the nation into confidence." Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry confirmed that the final round of negotiations between the government and the opposition occurred in Parliament.
Representatives from the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz participated in those talks. Chaudhry remarked, "We did not expect Maulana to consider this as spoils of war and seek his share because PTI is no longer there."
The minister further asserted, "This is not spoils of war." Talal Chaudhry alleged that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan shared mutual interests.
He claimed that no member of the PTI, party leader, or gathering has faced a terrorist attack since 2015. The federal government spent 2.5 years trying to secure cooperation from successive chief ministers of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Tariq Fazal Chaudhry criticised Rehman for linking the emergency in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa to an alleged attempt to seize the province's mineral resources. Chaudhry noted, "Maulana is a senior politician and is himself aware of the damage caused by terrorism."
The federal government imposed emergency and governor's rule in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on 11 October under Articles 232 and 234 of the Constitution. This move suspended the provincial administration led by the PTI.
Executive authority was transferred to Governor Faisal Karim Kundi.
