Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur said on Wednesday that the leaders violated a party policy during the events that transpired on May 9.
Expressing his thoughts on the Samaa TV programme, "Nadeem Malik Live", CM Gandapur said: "It was not the party policy to attack the military installations."
CM Gandapur said: “We will not allow operation in KP. The operation will not provide an advantage; rather, we will have to bear the loss.”
Speaking about dialogues with Afghanistan, CM Gandapur said: “There is a dire need to hold dialogues with Afghanistan as the province shares 2200 km which connects with Afghanistan.”
“When the USSR (present-day Russia) attacked Afghanistan, it was said that it was a jihad. However, when the United States attacked Afghanistan, our policies were changed.”
CM Gandapur said: “We had allowed others to use our land for their war, which was a mistake. Subsequently, our ties with Afghanistan soured.”
“I had formed my Jirga to hold talks with Afghanistan. A JIT had been formed over the martyrdom of Hamidul Haq and inquiry is underway,” he said.
“A foreign organisation is behind the martyrdom of Hamidul Haq,” he said.
Speaking about the relations with Chief of Army Staff Gen Syed Asim Munir, CM Gandapur said: "I have good relations with the COAS. We reach consensus over matters of national interest."
"The COAS supported me over matters of KP rights and the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award," he said.
Lashing out at former federal minister Faisal Vawda, CM Gandapur said: “Don’t invite us, if Faisal Vawda was invited to the meeting. Faisal Vawda had made fabricated statement about me.”
“The workers violated the party policy in a fit of emotion on May 9,” he said.
“A meeting with PTI founder Imran Khan was not allowed. We [PTI] had not been given reserved seats yet. A Senate election has not even happened in KP,” said CM Gandapur.
He asserted, “The country cannot witness stability as long as Imran Khan is behind bars. There is a need to release the PTI founder to move forward. Tomorrow, the talks were not held about political stability and the PTI founder.”
“I always try to meet Imran Khan every week, but I have not been allowed to meet,” he said
