Overview
- Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi approved sending the vehicles to Balochistan after Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti publicly requested the transfer to bolster counterterrorism operations.
- Afridi had ordered the return of the federally supplied fleet, calling the vehicles old, defective, and an insult to the KP police.
- Federal officials rejected that assessment, with Minister of State Talal Chaudhry asserting the vehicles meet international standards, are used in high‑risk operations, and calling Afridi’s move immature.
- Chaudhry ruled out imposing governor’s rule in KP and cited over Rs 600 billion in federal security funding he says was provided to the province, a claim Afridi counters by alleging withheld war‑on‑terror funds and rights.
- The transfer caps a rapid material reallocation after an Interior Ministry handover earlier in October, as sources noted the cars are about 15 years old and the Centre insists they remain fit for purpose.