Asfandyar takes swipe at PTI govt in KP

Published November 14, 2014
Awami National Party Chairman Asfandyar Wali Khan addressing a public gathering in Peshawar. -PPI/File
Awami National Party Chairman Asfandyar Wali Khan addressing a public gathering in Peshawar. -PPI/File

PESHAWAR: Awami National Party (ANP) president Asfandyar Wali Khan on Friday criticised Imran Khan and Khyber Pakhtunkhawa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak, saying that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) have failed to fulfill their election promises, DawnNews reported.

Speaking to ANP workers in Peshawar, Asfandyar said that the PTI should honour election vows they had made to the youth.

He said that Imran Khan would not be allowed to escape without fulfilling the promises he made during the 2013 election.

He criticised the PTI chairman and KP chief minister, accusing them of “dancing on a container in Islamabad,” while people were being killed in the province.

The ANP leader said that the protests in federal capital were "an insult to dharna’s."

He also said that the KP government had mishandled the internally displaced persons (IDPs) who had arrived in Bannu following the start of Operation Zarb-i-Azb.

Meanwhile, Asfandyar termed Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s visit to Pakistan a positive development.

“I pray to God that talks between the two countries are successful,” said the ANP leader.

He said that peace could not prevail in Pakistan without Afghanistan being stable.

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