HANGU, April 12: The Islami Tehreek Pakistan has said it will welcome the ministers, on their visit to Hangu, with black  flags as neither the chief ministers nor his ministers had invited  any of the ITP leaders during their recent visit to the district.

ITP  deputy general secretary Ishab Ali Bangash said that the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s local leaders had ignored the ITP leadership on all occasions, which showed their hatred towards them.

He said that the MMA’s local leadership had become ineffective in organizational matters and urged the central MMA leadership to replace the present office-bearers with active people.

“We do not accept the incumbent MMA leadership in Hangu, which has developed a rift in the alliance on sectarian basis”, he added.

He opposed the removal of the district hospital out of Hangu  city and said they would launch a protest if hospital was shifted  out of the city. The chief minister, he said, during his recent visit had announced that hospital would be shifted from the city.