Inside Story of Meeting Between KP Chief Minister Sohail Afridi and Ali Amin Gandapur: Talks Conclude Without Political Breakthrough Amid Worker Tensions
PESHAWAR: The internal politics and power struggle in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government have been revealed after the recent meeting of Chief Minister Sohail Afridi and former Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur.
Adapted to the political sources, the heads of state meeting went without a political breakthrough. Chief Minister Afridi had gone to meet Gandapur to clear the air and also to olden the air and to address the grievances but was treated with reserved and cold response by Gandapur.
The key highlights of the Interaction and Denzil Strains are provided below.Below we present key highlights of the Interaction and Denzil Strains.
During the confrontation, Ali Amin Gandapur kept his distance, according to sources, telling CM Afridi, “You are my guest here, but there is no relation between political issues and hospitality.
In the background, there was a bit of tension as the various factions of both leaders and enthusiastic workers began to chant slogans against each other outside the meeting venue, indicating some internal unrest.
The demand for an APC (Access to Patient Care) increased when the CM visited the hospital.
Before the political meeting, Chief Minister Sohail Afridi went to hospitals in Dera Ismail Khan to check the condition of the injured in the recently occurred tragic suicide attack at the Darazinda check-post.
Speaking at the press conference after his visits, Afridi strongly condemned the terrorist attack, indicated his deep shock at the martyrdom of civilians and law enforcement personnel and called for an immediate All-Parties Conference (APC) by the federal government.
Afridi said that people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, police and Pakistan Navy and armed forces are making sacrifices on a daily basis in the war against terror. He added that the provincial government has been spending Rs35 billion to enhance the capacity of the police, and Islamabad must keep KP citizens in the picture, rather than formulating counter-terrorism policies behind their backs.