GUJRAT: There has been a one-party rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the past 13 years but the province suffers from administrative incompetence.

“The Chief Minister of KP should resign and an FIR should be registered against him for the Swat tragedy,” said Punjab Governor Sardar Saleem Haider Khan and KP Governor Faisal Karim Kundi while speaking to media in Daska (Sialkot) on Monday.

Earlier, both the governors met with families of Swat tragedy victims and prayed for the departed souls.

Sardar Saleem Haider said people trapped in the floodwater drowned helplessly, whereas timely action could have saved precious lives.

He said Rescue 1122 and the administration failed to act timely as the family remained stranded on a mound for two hours. He said Rescue 1122 teams had nothing except ropes for rescue mission. He said the administrative machinery in KP was completely dysfunctional.

Kundi said he had come to Daska to apologise to the bereaved family on behalf of the people of KP. He said an FIR should be lodged against Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur who also held the portfolio of minister for tourism.

Meanwhile a delegation of Pakistan Tehreek Insaaf being led by party secretary general Salman Akram Raja also visited Daska and offered condolences. Sialkot PTI leader Umar Dar and others also accompanied the party leaders.

Jamaat-i- Islami emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman and federal minister for defence Khwaja Asif had also visited the grieved families on Sunday.

Published in Dawn, July 1st, 2025