UPDATE 1 — Police clash with Imran Khan supporters in northwestern Pakistan

(Adds provincial government response in paragraphs 1,3,4, PTI spokesperson comments in paragraph 5, context) ISLAMABAD, Oct 13 (Reuters) — Police fired tear gas and live rounds at supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday as clashes erupted over the suspension of his party's provincial government, party officials said, an account the provincial administration rejected. The federal government imposed a state of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday and placed it under direct control, citing a surge in militant violence. Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party said that was a pretext for a political takeover. Samar Haroon Bilour, who handles information for the provincial administration, said in a written response to Reuters that allegations of live firing by police were “baseless and frivolous” and were spread by anonymous social media accounts using AI-generated footage. She said police had responded to rioting and vandalism in a calibrated way, and that about 50 people had been arrested and four cases registered under the Anti-Terrorism Act. Khan’s aide and PTI spokesperson Zulfikar Bukhari shared videos on X that he