PESHAWAR: The Pakistan People’s Party on Saturday decided not to support any no-confidence motion against the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa feeling that the provincial government should complete its constitutional term in office as it will strengthen democracy in the country.

It also decided to support the provincial government if PTI favours it (PPP) in the centre.

These decisions were made during a meeting of the PPP office-bearers from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Karachi, where central leader of the party Faryal Talpur was in the chair.

The meeting was attended by PPP provincial president Khan Zada Khan, former provincial president Anwar Saifullah Khan, general secretary Mohammad Hamayun Khan, former ministers Najmuddin Khan, Sher Azam Wazir and Syed Zahir Ali Shah, Senator Rubina Khalid, MPA Nighat Orakzai, MPA Mohammad Ali Shah Bacha and Qalb-i-Hassan.

Arbab Alamgir and Liaquat Shabab were not invited to the meeting, while Rahim Dad Khan, Syed Ayub Shah and Abdul Akbar Khan didn’t show up for personal reasons.

According to a source privy to the meeting, Ms Talpur rejected the idea of the party lawmakers accepting ministries in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and decided that the PPP MPAs would extend conditional support to the provincial government on different issues.She asked the party leaders to shun differences and support newly-appointed provincial president Khan Zada Khan.

They were also told to work for the party’s reorganisation at all levels in the province besides preparing for the upcoming local body elections. The chair asked the provincial PPP president to replace office-bearers whenever he deemed it fit to strengthen the party.

She also allowed the provincial president to appoint new office-bearers of People’s Student Federation, People’s Youth Organisation, People’s Doctors’ Forum and PPP women’s wing in the province for their reorganisation.

The source said the PPP central leadership would hold another such meeting in Islamabad to make the party’s strategy for the upcoming local body elections in the province.

He said the participants apprised Ms Talpur of grouping in the party, especially in women’s wing, and the people behind them. The source said the former PPP provincial president had suggested replacement of women’s wing president Asma Alamgir. Khan Zada Khan couldn’t be contacted despite repeated attempts.