PESHAWAR: Adviser to the chief minister for information and public relations Barrister Mohammad Ali Saif has strongly condemned the alleged sealing of KP House by the Islamabad administration and the Capital Development Authority.

In a statement issued here, he termed the act as illegal and an attack on the unity of the federation. He congratulated all the party workers for the ‘successful and peaceful’ protest and credited Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur’s ‘effective strategy’ for this.

Mr Saif said PTI’s policy was to ‘avoid’ any confrontation with the Rangers and the army. He pointed out that the so-called government deployed the Rangers and military personnel at Barhama Bahter Interchange under Article 245, but to avoid any conflict, the chief minister along with some workers took the Sangjani Interchange route to reach the D-Chowk in Islamabad.

He insisted that the chief minister had gone to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa House in order to chalk our future strategy and decide on the next course of action. “However, the illegitimate government illegally surrounded the premises in an attempt to arrest the CM, conducting four separate raids,” he claimed, insisting that the ‘unlawful’ action aimed to create political instability by arresting the chief minister, who remained safe at the KP House.

Published in Dawn, October 8th, 2024