Sherpao wants 18th Amendment fully enforced

QWP leader slams PTI for bringing ‘economic misery’

PESHAWAR:

Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chairman Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao said on Monday that solution to all the problems of the province lies in provincial autonomy.

He said concrete measures should be taken to remove the difficulties faced by the provinces, including relief for the deprivations of the provinces and the restlessness of the people by fully implementing the 18th Amendment.

He expressed these views while addressing a gathering in the Mirza Dher area of district Charsadda.

On this occasion, officials and workers of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Haider Ali, Fakir Mama, Bahrullah, Muslimur Rehman, Naseer, Gulfraz, Yasir, Dawood, Sulaiman, Ijaz, Yasin, Yusuf Gul, John Sher, Shakeel, Nahar, Shahid Khan and Shahzad, along with their colleagues and families, joined the QWP.

Sherpao demanded immediate payment of the arrears of the province's resources and hydropower net profit, saying that poverty and backwardness have piled up in the province.

He said that the dream of a strong and stable federation cannot be realised until the units of the country are economically stable, so measures should be taken to remedy the deprivations of the provinces.

He criticised the previous government and said that due to the “incompetence” of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), “even a country like Bangladesh” has overtaken Pakistan in economic development.

He said that inflation and unemployment are increasing and the people are also worried about getting two square meals a day.

He added that the blood of the poor people is being sucked in the form of taxes.

The QWP leader said that instead of putting more burden on the people, the rulers should take steps to reduce their expenses.