PESHAWAR, Nov 20: Qaumi Watan Party Chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao on Wednesday said his party wouldn’t destabilise the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

“PTI has begun the process to destabilise its own government. We know how to form and run the government but are not interested in doing so,” he told a news conference at his Hayatabad residence.

Mr Sherpao said in a joint meeting, QWP central executive committee and central and provincial organisations had decided to submit an application to the speaker for allotment of opposition benches to party MPAs in the provincial assembly so that those members could play a constructive role for the wellbeing of Pakhtuns.

He said his party had never run after ministries but after the May 11 elections, different parties had suggested to form a coalition government but his party accepted PTI’s request for an alliance to form government due to its majority in the assembly but it failed to acted positively afterwards.

The QWP chairman said it was astonishing for him that Imran Khan was talking about dissolution of the assembly.

He said the PTI government had asked the provincial bureaucracy to produce evidence for the sacking of QWP ministers by Imran Khan on the basis of corruption, but to no avail.

Mr Sherpao said he and Chief Minister Pervez Khattak belonged to the same area and knew each others but in case of any baseless propaganda against its leaders, his party would not remain silent.

“Imran Khan must have said this without taking allies of his party into confidence otherwise these allies would never have allowed him to make such childish statements, which are tantamount to joking with the people’s mandate,” he said.The QWP chairman said his party had always tried to guide the government even when it faced serious problems like wheat shortage, church attack, poor security situation, and tried to stop it setting deadlines about halt to Nato supplies,” he said.

He said Imran Khan had always given unilateral statements to media about the Taliban’s office in Pakistan and Nato supplies and had never bothered to take allies of his party into confidence.

Mr Sherpao said it was a matter of concern for all PTI allies, which wanted to know why they were not taken into confidence before Imran Khan issued a statement on key issues to the media.

“Had Imran been sincere in his promise against corruption, he would have taken action against all 11 corrupt ministers, whose names appeared in media. Instead he made QWP scapegoat for no reasons,” he said.

The QWP chairman said the provincial government could not be run from Bani Gala (Islamabad locality, where Imran Khan lives) and that sincere and competent people were needed to identify issues and take serious efforts for their solution.

He said PTI didn’t have clear majority in the assembly but the QWP deserved the credit for helping it form the provincial government.

“See what happens in near future. Many PTI people with evidence against the government’s wrongdoings will come forward and join QWP,” he claimed.

Mr Sherpao said his party’s rising popularity, especially the departure of some PTI activists to join it (QWP), had infuriated Imran Khan so much that he announced to end bilateral coalition.

He said he had a vast experience of political alliances but the experience with PTI was first one against political norms, traditions, local customs and unpredictable.

“Had Imran Khan given me the evidence of corruption of my party ministers, I would have surely taken action against them because we are also against corrupt practices,” he said.

The QWP chairman said his party had always tried to help stabilise the government but PTI leaders frequently interfered in the affairs of its ministries and never bothered to take QWP into confidence about reshuffling in bureaucracy, including secretaries, and appointing MPAs as members of syndicate in different universities.

When asked if the PTI government was worst than the previous ANP-led government, Mr Sherpao said the current government, too, had miserably failed to initiate developmental schemes, contain dengue and restore law and order situation in the province.