Khan Party to Run Pakistan Northwest as Taliban Reject Peace Bid
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The political party led by Imran Khan formed a government in Pakistan’s militancy ravaged northwest, where his call for an end to army offensives against the Taliban and U.S. drone strikes resonated with voters.
Pervez Khattak of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party was elected today as chief minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, a gateway to the tribal area on the Afghan border that guerrilla groups use as a base. He takes over amid fresh turmoil in the region after the May 29 killing of the Taliban’s No. 2 commander, Waliur Rehman, by a U.S. pilotless aircraft.