PESHAWAR, Jan 6: Awami National Party President Senator Asfandyar Wali Khan has said the advertisement campaign launched by the Pakistan Muslim League-Q is designed to divide the country on ethnic lines.

“This is very dangerous and entails serious consequences for national integrity. Creating divisions among the people along ethnic lines does not augur well for our solidarity,” the ANP leader said while speaking as a chief guest at a lunch hosted by ANP Provincial Information Secretary Syed Aqil Shah in honour of newly-elected office-bearers of the Peshawar Press Club on Sunday.

He cautioned the PML-Q leaders to do soul searching about the outcome of what he called their unrealistic and illogical campaign.

He said the PML-Q media campaign was aimed at gaining votes in Punjab by maligning the smaller provinces.

He said the ANP believed in a strong federation that ensured rights and interests of its smaller units. He reaffirmed his party’s stance for the restoration of the 1973 Constitution in its original shape, and said it would address all grievances of smaller provinces.

Referring to Ms Bhutto’s assassination, the ANP leader said it was a great loss of the country and its people.

“Ms Bhutto was not only the leader of the PPP but she was also the symbol of moderate and democratic forces,” the ANP leader said.

Mr Khan cast doubts on the investigation being carried out by the government into Ms Bhutto’s assassination.—Bureau