PESHAWAR:

The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government will hold a peace jirga on November 12 to address the deteriorating security situation in the province, with the federal government accepting its invitation to participate.

Announcing the jirga at a press conference with local Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders in Peshawar on Thursday, K-P Assembly Speaker Babar Saleem Swati reiterated that no new military operation would be permitted in the province.

Flanked by Special Assistant to the Chief Minister on Information Shafi Jan, PTI's K-P Secretary Ali Asghar, and other leaders, Swati said the assembly had debated the law and order situation for two months and concluded that further conflict would only deepen local suffering.

"The province's peace and security situation is troubling,

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