MINGORA: Six major political parties have formed a grand alliance in order to form local government in the Swat district.

The allied parties are Pakistan Muslim League-N, Awami National Party, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-F, Jamaat-i-Islami, Qaumi Watan Party and Pakistan People’s Party.

Speaking to reporters, the local leaders of the parties said that the alliance would be formed at the district and tehsil levels.

“The mismanagement and rigging in the LG polls and interference of PTI lawmakers into the polling process has forced us to form an alliance. It will be for the benefit of the people irrespective of party lines,” said Amir Muqam, adviser to the prime minister and PML-N provincial president.

He said Imran Khan and the provincial government of PTI were incapable of running the government. “We are united on one platform to form government in the district and tehsils as we have 37 seats in total,” he added.

ANP district president Sher Shah Khan said the six-party alliance had been formed to lift the sufferings caused to the people of Swat during the last two years. “The PTI-led provincial government violated the code of conduct set by the ECP for LG polls and lavishly spent provincial funds on the developmental projects during the election campaign,” he said.

Sher Khan asked the PML-N government in the centre to announce projects for development of Swat. “If, on the demand of Imran Khan, a judicial commission can be formed to investigate alleged rigging in last general elections, a judicial commission should also be formed to investigate the rigging and mismanagement in the LG polls in KP,” demanded Fazal Rahman Nono, QWP’s local leader.

Qair Mufti Mahmood, JUI-F leader, claimed that the LB polls were massively rigged, which had no precedent in the country’s history. He said the PTI leadership didn’t do what it claimed to do in the province.

PPP district president Shamsher Ali Advocate claimed that the six-party alliance would be beneficial for Swatis.Published in Dawn, June 3rd, 2015

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