KARAK/NOWSHERA: Awami National Party provincial president Ameer Haider Khan Hoti has called for avoiding collision among the state institutions.

Speaking at a public meeting in Takht-i-Nusrati here on Sunday, he criticised the provincial government of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf for what he said miserably failing to deliver.

The meeting was organised by former provincial minister Nawabzada Mohsin Ali Khan, who along with his supporters announced joining the ANP on the occasion.

Mr Hoti asked Imran Khan to first let his provincial government be made accountable by the Pakhtuns and then make demand for fresh elections in the country. He said Imran was demanding fresh elections at a time when the federally ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz was facing internal problems.

Mr Hoti said if Lahore-Multan-Karachi motorway could be built then why not the Peshawar-Karak-DI Khan motorway. He said electricity was being produced from the imported coal despite the fact that cheap sources of gas and water were available in the province.

He alleged the PTI-led government, which had come to power on the one-point agenda of rooting out corruption, was itself involved in corruption.

Mr Hoti claimed that his government had increased 100 per cent oil and gas royalty for Karak district, but regretted that the PTI government had ‘withheld’ the royalty funds of the district.

He asked the people to support ANP candidates in the upcoming general elections and promised that the problems of the district would be resolved on priority basis.

Meanwhile, addressing a public meeting in Nowshera on Sunday, ANP general secretary Mian Iftikhar Hussain accused Chief Minister Pervez Khattak of being an expert in changing political parties.

He said the provincial government had failed to fulfill the promises it made with the voters, adding there was no visible improvement in the performance of education and health departments despite the PTI had declared an emergency in both the departments immediately after coming into power.

He said the provincial government was going to privatise the education sector, which would deprive the poor people of affordable public education facilities.

He claimed that PTI chief Imran Khan wanted to have a technocrat government installed in the centre in a bid to pave way for his ambition to become the prime minister. However, he added his (Imran’s) dream won’t be materialised.

Saying that ANP would not support any undemocratic move, Mian Iftikhar said that the assemblies should complete their terms and a fair and transparent election should be held in the country to elect the next government.

Published in Dawn, November 13th, 2017