KARACHI: Senior Sindh Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon on Monday asserted that the PPP was the `last party` in favour of governor`s rule and emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, saying that it had emphasised dialogue as the first course of action.

`Let me clarify; the step taken in KP was not out of greed or desire for power. Had it been the case, the members of the advisory council appointed by the [KP] governor would have been political representatives or suggested by the PPP,` Mr Memon told the media in the provincial capital. `They were chosen purely on merit,` he added.

The minister deemed terrorism the main challenge being faced in KP, adding that it was `plaguing` the entire country.

He said the Afghan Taliban were crossing into Pakistan, infiltrating the border areas in KP. That, he said, had been a `big challenge`. `And the KP government was repeatedly told to fix things, but they were unwilling,` Mr Memon claimed.

He said a comparison was also being drawn between KP and Balochistan, which was also facing security challenges. Questions were being raised that if governor`s rule was imposed in KP, why not in Balochistan, he noted.

`If there is terrorism in Balochistan, the provincial government there is fighting against it,` Mr Memon argued, adding that Balochistan`s chief minister did not have a `soft spot` for terrorists. He alleged that PTI founder and former premier Imran Khan and later Sohail Afridi, who has become non-functional as the KP chief minister following the imposition of governor`s rule, had insisted on dialogue with terrorists.