DND News Report: A 35-minute-long Urdu language documentary available in social media examining the security and governance situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has raised serious questions over the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) provincial government’s policies, administrative performance and response to the resurgence of terrorism in the province. It also indicates that PTI since its formation believes in dividing society into groups and pitching groups against state institutions and such conduct of the party is surely harming the country in different ways. Documentary indicates PTI policies and leaders’ opposition to military operations created conditions for TTP resurgence as the decade-plus rule of PTI in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a period marked by deteriorating governance, weakening administrative capacity, unchecked illegal activities and growing security challenges. It builds up the narrative that political narratives built up by PTI against state institutions have contributed to confusion among the public and…

Monitoring Desk: As negotiations failed between the federal government and the ruling PML-N and PTI leadership in Islamabad, PTI began its long march early morning on October 4, 2026, from Gandi Chowk in Lakki Marwat, led by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi. CM Afridi blamed the federal government for failing to seize the opportunity for negotiations, while security circles and the Interior Ministry said negotiations failed because PTI refused to accept the federal government’s demands to openly stand against terrorism. State Minister for Interior Talal Chaudhry, while talking to the media, said that PTI was not ready to support the federal government’s anti-terrorism actions and had refused even to call the TTP a terrorist organization. Meanwhile, security circles said that PTI was asked to cooperate in the repatriation of Afghans and to condemn attacks originating from Afghan territory, as well as the state sponsorship of terrorists, but PTI refused, stating that this was not its policy and that…