On the backburner: Hoti flays PTI’s involvement in negative politics

MARDAN: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairperson Imran Khan and his party workers are neglecting the challenges faced by the people of the province and are instead engaging in the politics of hostilities. This was said by former chief minister Amir Haider Hoti. According to a press release issued on Sunday, he was addressing a public meeting in Mansab Kalay, Mardan.

“The performance of PTI government can be judged from the fact that almost all the civil officers are protesting for the past several days,” the document quoted Hoti as saying. The former chief minister said the names of a large number of PTI members were also mentioned in the Panama papers.

“It is ironic that Imran is demanding the prime minister’s resignation, but is silent over the involvement of his own party members such as Jehangir Tareen and Aleem Khan,” the press release quoted Hoti as saying.

The former CM added the PTI-led provincial government has also failed to grant K-P its share from federal and international donor-funded projects.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 23^rd, 2016.