ISLAMABAD: In a major political development, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur met Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and hailed his first meeting with the chief executive of the rival Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) as “positive”.
He stated this at a press conference chaired by Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal and other PML-N leaders after meeting the Prime Minister.
CM Gandapur, who belongs to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), said he stressed the need for a political dialogue with party founder Imran Khan, who has been behind bars since August last year in various cases ranging from corruption to terrorism.
“I have asked the Prime Minister to engage politically with Imran Khan. Political engagement will lead to a political solution,” he added.
Gandapur said Prime Minister Shehbaz had also assured him that he would be able to meet the party founder at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, where authorities have beefed up security and barred former Prime Minister Imran from holding meetings due to “threat warnings”.
The KP CM said he told the PM that he had to meet the party founder to discuss the upcoming Senate polls.
KP CM Ali Amin Gandapur said he had very “positive” talks with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on public and provincial issues, law and order and other matters.
“It was very positive and he gave full support and reassured,” Gandapur said of the interaction with the prime minister. Talking to the media with Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal, KP CM Ali Amin Gandapur emphasized the need to solve public problems together. federal and provincial governments.
“We had a good chat. It was very positive. He assured that he will fulfill his promise and not lie,” Gandapur said of Prime Minister Shehbaz. Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered a round-the-clock joint team between the federal government and the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, who will work with the center to solve the problems of the province.
“The summary of today’s meeting is in two words: we all have our own politics, but the state is together,” Iqbal said. KP CM Gandapur said he requested Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to facilitate his meeting with PTI founder Imran Khan. .
“I told him that political engagement with Khan sahib is very necessary to solve the political problems. He was very positive and told me bluntly that he would allow my meeting so that I could complete the consultations regarding the Senate elections,” Gandapur said of his meeting with Prime Minister Shehbaz. Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal also expressed his positive attitude towards talks between Prime Minister Shehbaz. Sharif and KP CM Ali Amin Gandapur, saying that the Prime Minister had assured the CM that the provincial dues would be paid by the federal government.
He said the Prime Minister had committed the finance ministry officials to meet the KP officials on the matter of dues to the province.
Iqbal said the prime minister also issued instructions regarding the difficulties people faced during suhoor and iftar in KP.
