Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has reported 47 new cases of the coronavirus and three more deaths taking the provincial toll of cases to 744 and the total number of deaths to 34.
Ten of the new cases are from Mansehra while Peshawar, Mardan and Swabi have each reported one death.
The government’s constant threats to suspend KP’s elected dispensation over a political protest have escalated hostilities considerably. In that context, both sides did well to start talking.