Ehtesab Commission closed after KP CM accused of corruption: Asfandyar

PESHAWAR: Awami National Party President Asfandyar Wali Khan on Friday said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government closed the Ehtesab Commission after Chief Minister Pervez Khattak was accused of corruption.

The ANP chief paid glowing tributes to slain party leader Bashir Ahmed Bilour for the services he rendered for the party and against terrorism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Bashir Bilour would contest election on PK-3. The ANP leader criticised US President Donald Trump, saying the flawed US policies have been proving to be a harbinger of doom for the regional peace.

“The Afghan policy of the US has proved detrimental to the regional peace and security,” he claimed. He termed the election of Donald Trump as US president, as unfortunate. Commenting on the political situation in Pakistan, the ANP president lamented that a party that always betrayed Pakhtuns is part of the government. “The government once again could not materialise its promises and left the tribal people in the lurch,” Asfandyar Wali maintained.

He claimed that all political parties were united on mainstreaming Fata before the next general election. “All parties agree on Fata’s merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and representation for the tribals in the provincial assembly, as there is no other option,” he argued.

He said that PTI chief Imran Khan instantly declared an entire political party corrupt after a worker of that party was found guilty of wrongdoing. However, he said, Imran Khan is not ready to accept the fact that his ‘ATM’ was declared corrupt by the apex court. The PTI workers are making allegations of corruption against their chief minister, but the ‘Kaptan’ has kept mum over the issue, he added.

ANP leaders Ghulam Ahmed Bilour, MNA, Mian Iftikhar Hussain and other party leaders also spoke on the occasion. Meanwhile, social media users also paid tributes to Bashir Bilour. A hashtag #Remembering Bashir Bilour was trending on the death anniversary of the late lawmaker. Social media users praised Bashir Bilour for his courage in challenging the terrorists and for his life-long commitment to the party.

Some paid tributes to Bashir Bilour by posting his picture with former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, who was also martyred in a bomb and gun attack after her public rally in the Liaqat Bagh in Rawalpindi.