Overview
- Shehbaz Sharif said national security remains the top priority and outlined a comprehensive plan with practical steps to strengthen law and order in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
- He praised KP’s sacrifices and its hosting of about four million Afghan refugees, while asserting that resettling people from Afghanistan was a serious mistake that fueled the current militant resurgence.
- The prime minister publicly noted limited engagement from the new KP chief minister but rejected talk of a Centre–KP confrontation, blaming lies and social media propaganda for stoking tensions.
- Officials highlighted intensified security operations, citing ISPR’s 2025 tally of 75,175 intelligence-based operations and 5,397 terror incidents concentrated in KP and Balochistan, alongside the ongoing Azm e Istehkam campaign.
- Shehbaz pointed to fiscal support as part of stabilization efforts, including roughly Rs800 billion to KP over 15 years, Punjab’s 1% NFC share for KP, federal road funding in Balochistan, and Rs50 billion for solar tube-wells there.