DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi on Sunday alleged that former chief minister Ali Amin Gandapur had taken a contradictory position in court about his party leadership by calling Imran Khan disqualified and convicted.
He stated this while addressing a reception hosted in his honour by Central TradersAssociation, Dera Ismail Khan, President Sohail Ahmed Azmi.
He said that the former chief minister was calling the party’s protests outside the Adiala Jail as unnecessary.
Mr Kundi alleged that he was aware of the political contacts being made by the former chief minister behind the scenes.
The governor said that Mr Gandapur failed to bring a single mega project to his Dera home town during his tenure as the CM.
Mr Kundi further alleged that the former chief minister used to say that he did not accept the constitutional court, yet in a petition before the same court he had adopted the position that his leader was disqualified and convicted and that he had not resigned fromthe post of the chief minister.
‘For the sake of a single office, Ali Amin is calling his leader disqualified and convicted,’ Mr Kundi added.
Later, the governor inaugurated the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) office on Multan Road.
Speaking on the occasion, he announced that the provincial government had allocated two kanals of land adjacent to the passport office for the construction of a Nadra building in Dera.
He said Nadra facilities had already been established in Panyala, Kirri Khaisor and other areas, while four additional Nadra offices would soon be opened in the district.
Passport counters would be introduced at Nadra centres toprovide multiple public services under one roof, he added.
Mr Kundi said 26 Nadra facilitation centres would be established across the southern districts, including four each in Dera and Tank.
Mr Kundi said Section IV had been imposed on approximately 1,600 acres for the proposed Greenfield International Airport near the Yarik and Gloti areas.
He said the project was awaiting approval from the Pakistan Airports Authority board and, once completed, would rank among the country’s major aviation facilities capable of handling around one million passengers annually.
The governor said tenders for the dualisation of the DI KhanRajanpur Road had been com-pleted with support from the Asian Development Bank. He added that work would commence shortly.
He further stated that the Bandkorai Grid Station and DI Khan Grid Station-II projects were nearing completion.
According to him, the Bandkorai facility would be inaugurated before Muharram, while installation of additional equipment at Grid Station-II would help resolve persistent tripping and volt age fluctuation issues.
The governor said substantial progress had also been made on the Chashma Lift Canal project and expressed hope that it would be inaugurated soon. He added that the chief minister had agreed to provide the province’s 40 per cent share of the project cost.