Federal Government Demands PTI Remove Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister; Must Clarify Ties with Terrorists, Says Tariq Fazal Chaudhry
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has officially asked the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to replace Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister, Syed Muhammad Soheil Afridi with a new provincial leader.
The federal administration has high hopes the opposition party will replace a Chief Minister who failed to check terror in the province, Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Tariq Fazal Chaudhry told the press in Islamabad during a press conference.
The Federal Minister conducted a press conference with a view to outlining key points.Federal Minister held a press conference to outline key points.
Demand for KP Chief Minister’s Removal: Tariq Fazal Chaudhry reiterated that politically immature people have been installed in KP and urged them to think sensibly as they were staging a circus on the streets.
Separation of Issues: The federal minister said the federal government will not face any difficulty in handling PTI’s long march as dealing with political protests and combating terrorism in KP were two separate issues.
Chaudhry had said that 12 districts in the province are hard hit by the militants and the security forces are fighting bloodshed, but PTI leaders are moving freely in these affected districts which are facing bloodshed, calling upon the party to explain its relationship with the militants.
Stance on Emergency Measures: The PML-N leader informed that all the arrangements have been made to counter the long march, saying that if emergency measures are ever to be announced, it will be a direct result of the non-cooperation of the provincial government in the war against terror and not the march itself.