Haider Hoti sees poor governance in KP

TAKHT BHAI: Awami National Party (ANP) leader Ameer Haider Khan Hoti on Friday criticized Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) ’s eleven-year rule in KP and accused the government of having misplaced priorities and poor governance.

“The province saw no meaningful development and that corruption had reached new heights. There is no writ of the government anywhere in the province,” he said, adding that corruption worth Rs40 billion had surfaced in Kohistan alone. He was speaking at a ceremony in the Hujra of Jawad Khan, Hoti where several political workers joined the ANP.

The event was attended by Farooq Akram Khan, district president Imran Manduri, Fazal Rehman bin Yamin, Hidayatullah Mayar, Haroon Khan, Muhammad Ayub Khan, Jamal Nasir, Mian Zahir Khan, Nasir Khan Bahadur Khan, Sohail Bacha, Mian Nasrullah Bacha, and others.

Hoti said if the recent statement by Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur alleging a nexus between security institutions and terrorists was true, then the government must provide an official explanation for that.

He pointed out that the Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi had also hinted at similar concerns in a tweet, claiming that a political figure from Dera Ismail Khan was allegedly paying extortion money to terrorists.

Hoti revealed that the National Accountability Bureau had issued a notice to PTI leader Azam Swati, yet party leaders were pretending to be innocent. “PTI workers voted for Imran Khan’s release, but the leadership is busy filling its pockets,” he said.

He expressed sympathy with PTI workers, stating, “They thought they were voting against the establishment, but now people like Ali Amin Gandapur and Barrister Saif, considered staunch establishment loyalists, were in power.”

The ANP leader posed questions to the provincial government, particularly Ali Amin Gandapur and other PTI parliamentarians, asking how many children were out of school? How many schools, colleges, and hospitals remain incomplete? How many development projects in Mardan were started?

He noted that during the ANP government, several small dam projects were initiated in KP to boost agriculture, ensure water supply, and strengthen the local economy. However, despite PTI’s eleven years in power, these projects remain unfinished, he added.