Gohar slams Punjab police for mistreating Afridi
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) interim chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan said on Tuesday that the failure to provide security to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi during his visit to Punjab was regrettable, saying that treating a chief executive of a province in such a manner would increase hatred. Talking to the media at Dahagal checkpoint near Adial jail, he said that…
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly has passed a joint resolution condemning the Punjab government and police for confining Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi illegally during a visit to Lahore. The resolution, tabled by Law Minister Aftab Alam Afridi, deems this action as a grave violation of the constitutional rights of the elected leader, including Articles 4, 9, 14, and 25 of the Constitution.
The Assembly expressed its strong disapproval of the incident, which the resolution describes as an attack on the dignity, personal liberty, security, and provincial autonomy of the chief minister. It emphasized that no province's administration has the authority to treat an elected head of another province with contempt or inhumane treatment due to political differences or other reasons.
The resolution calls for a transparent and impartial investigation into the incident and demands that the Punjab government explain the unlawful actions taken by the police. The parliamentary party of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa strongly condemned the Punjab police's treatment of CM Afridi, calling it a deliberate attempt to undermine the federation and create animosity among provinces.
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