Violent and undeveloped, region holds hard challenge as Imran Khan to run Pakistan’s tribal area

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Khan’s party to lead govt in Pakistan’s terror-hit NW

AFP – The party of Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan on Thursday said it would lead a coalition government in the terror-hit northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Northwestern Pakistan is on the frontline of a nearly seven-year domestic Taliban insurgency and suffers near daily bomb and shooting attacks.