Saif says Kundi tasked to impede KP development

PESHAWAR: Adviser to Chief Minister on Information Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif said on Sunday the federal government had appointed Faisal Karim Kundi as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governor to impede the development process in the province.

He was reacting to a statement by the governor who while talking to the media in Mansehra city early in the day had termed the law and order situation in the southern districts alarming. The governor had accused the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) provincial government of having failed to perform the assigned duties of maintaining peace in KP.

The adviser accused the governor of giving out hateful statements against the KP government only to get the media’s attention.Barrister Saif, who is also the spokesman for the KP government, disputed the assertions made by the governor and said the lawlessness was at its peak when the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) was in power at the Centre and KP.

“The governor has forgotten the days when the travel from Peshawar to Dera Ismail Khan by road was impossible for lawlessness. It was the time when the PPP was in power. Kundi himself would travel to Peshawar from Dera Ismail Khan via Islamabad,” said the KP government spokesman.Barrister Saif said the governor had no political base as he had been defeated by Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur and his two brothers in the past elections.