PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Friday said the Pakistan Tehreek-iInsaf’s future course of action would be unveiled during the August 5 gathering which will mark a decisive political milestone rather than a routine party event.
Addressing a joint parliamentary meeting of the PTI members from the national and provincial assemblies and Senate at the Chief Minister’s House here, Mr Afridi said that since Oct 15 last year when he assumed the office, the provincial government had consistently pursued constitutional, legal and democratic avenues to resolve political issues through dialogue.
He said that the PTI leadership had also remained committed to a negotiated resolution of outstanding matters; however, despite sustained efforts, these initiatives had not received a constructive response from the other side, according to a statement from his office.
Referring to efforts to meet with his jailed party leader and PTI founder, Imran Khan, the chief minister said he had approached both the Islamabad High Court and the Supreme Court and had sought meetings with their respective chief justices.
He added that he had also raised the matter directly with the chief justice during a public event, maintaining that as the elected chief minister, it was both his constitutional and legal right to meet his party leader.
Mr Afridi emphasised that the provincial government’s policy direction was guided by Mr Imran’s vision, as the public mandate had been secured under his name and leadership.
He said that disregarding the mandate received by Mr Imran amounted to disregarding the democratic will of approximately 45 million KP citizens.
The chief minister said that the fe deral government was treating Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s democratically elected government as a secondtier administration.
Bureau Report