Conspiracy against KP, Punjab govts over: Khattak

NOWSHERA: Federal Minister for Defence Pervez Khattak said Sunday the conspiracy against the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government had been foiled, the problem in Punjab almost resolved and the issue in Balochistan would be over soon.

“Those who violated the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf discipline will face strict action. They will have to answer for taking the party internal affairs to the media and carrying out the media trial of Chief Minister Mahmood Khan,” he said while talking to reporters after performing the inauguration of the Dialysis Centre at the Qazi Hussain Ahmad Medical Complex.

National Assembly Standing Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Dr Imran Khattak, Member Provincial Assembly Ibrahim Khattak, Board of Governors Chairman Gulrez Hakeem Khan, Nowshera Medical College Dean Dr Jehangir Khan and others were present on the occasion. Pervez Khattak came down hard on the party provincial legislators who made the intra-party differences public. “They should have discussed the issues within the party,” he said without naming Senior Minister for Sports, Culture and Tourism Atif Khan, Health Minister Shahram Khan Tarakai and Minister for Revenue and Estate Shakeek Ahmad who were sacked earlier in the day.

The defence minister said some elements had the ego and personal problems. “They hatched a conspiracy. Had their personal issues been resolved, they would have not called chief minister corrupt and found fault with the KP government,” he added.

Pervez Khattak said these elements started calling the chief minister and the party corrupt after their personal demands were not met. The defence minister dared such elements to summon the courage and speak candidly why were they agitating. He said three KP ministers had been dismissed over the party discipline violation and that was the right action by Prime Minister Imran Khan as they were damaging the party.

Pervez Khattak said those who wanted to dent the PTI in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly and wanted to create chaos had stood exposed now.” They would be made accountable for that,” he went on to add. The defence minister said the government talks with allies have been successful to a great extent. He was sure that no such issue would arise in the next three years. He said he was in contact with the oppositions parties as well. Pervez Khattak said that he had contacted the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) members of the National Assembly and invited them to sit with the government and talk out issues.

He said the government wanted peace and prosperity of the tribal areas and hoped the PTM would accept his invitation for talks. Earlier, Qazi Medical Complex Hospital Director Dr Arif Khan briefed Pervez Khattak on the functioning of various departments of the facility. He said a Cardiac Department would be set up at the hospital in the next three months to treat the heart ailments.