PESHAWAR: The Federal Government and the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) have not accepted the election of the new Chief Minister (CM) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and declared their decision to file a case in court regarding this issue.
The government, comprising the PML-N leaders, went to Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s house where they had a thorough dialogue with the party heads.
Federal Ministers Ahsan Iqbal, Engineer Amir Muqam, and Azam Nazir Tarar from the PML-N, while JUI-F was represented by Maulana Lutfur Rehman, Allama Rashid Mehmood Somroo, MPA Sajad Khan, and Makhdoom Aftab Shah were present in the meeting.
During the meeting, political events in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were discussed and the federal government along with JUI-F condemned the election of the new CM in the provincial assembly and termed as unconstitutional. They proclaimed the voting procedure as an infringement of the constitution.
It was a consensus that all the opposition parties in the KP provincial assembly would not recognize the election process for the Chief Minister.
The opposition has also maintained that they would adopt a legal and constitutional way to deal with the issue and would officially request the court through a team of lawyers.
Earlier, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly elected new Chief Minister Sohail Afridi despite the opposition uproar and walkout from the assembly on Monday.
A total of 90 MPAs voted in support of Sohail Afridi amid strong opposition and reservations from the opposition MPAs. Opposition Leader Dr Ibadullah said that this move of PTI is unconstitutional and they would move the Peshawar High Court against this unconstitutional step of PTI. He said that how two Chief Ministers can run the affairs of the province, if one Chief Minister already retains the designation of the Chief Minister.
Addressing his inaugural speech, Sohail Afridi said that first he is Pakistani and then he is a Pakhtun. He did not become Chief Minister with a piece of paper but was elected with the votes of the public. He said that tribal people are very happy with this choice of Imran Khan and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He said that peace and development of tribal areas would be his top priority.
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Meanwhile, Outgoing Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur also addressed the floor and said that his top priority is the supremacy of the constitution and law in the country. He said that we want the supremacy of the constitution and law in the country. The current stance and struggle will continue until success. Expressing his determination, he said that we will win this war. During the previous government, he resigned on the same day as per the directives of Imran Khan.
The Chief Minister said that he resigned on the same day at the orders of Imran Khan. Democracy is being mocked; at least he should not use delaying tactics in this process. Our party is our will, our leader, and his decision. Referring to the financial performance during his Chief Ministership, Ali Amin Gandapur said that when I became the Chief Minister, the treasury was empty, but now there are 280 billion rupees in the treasury.
All the decisions taken as Chief Minister are on record. Ali Amin Gandapur further said that his struggle is for Imran Khan because he is fighting the war of this nation; now it is time for everyone to focus on the country’s problems. Imran Khan has repeatedly said that for Pakistan, he is above his own caste.
