Hopes for a political thaw were put to rest yesterday as the Centre clamped an Emergency and imposed Governor's rule in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. The situation hit this pass as both sides rigidly stuck to their positions. The Federation could have avoided this extreme measure had it granted the opposition its due political space. Conversely, Chief Minister Sohail Afridi's unrelenting rhetoric and vows to march on the capital pushed the situation to the brink.

The government's decision to invoke Articles 232 and 234 - coming as a desperate bid to assert firm control over the province - is driven by........

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