LAHORE: Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari says the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has completely lost its grip on the province as it is failing to check rising terrorism.

“The KP government has completely lost its authority in the province. The focus of the KP government is more on the prisoner in Adiala Jail (Imran Khan) than the province itself while Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz is concerned about the brothers and sisters in Parachinar,” Ms Bokhari said in a statement on Saturday.

She said certain forces did not want peace in Kurram.

“Despite the peace agreement in Kurram, the attack on the deputy commissioner is condemnable. KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has not had the opportunity to visit Kurram even once in the last two months. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has been in power in the KP for 12 years and during this period, the living standards of the people in the province have further declined.”

The Punjab minister emphasized that law and order, terrorism, and unemployment were the basic issues in the KP.

Published in Dawn, January 5th, 2025

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