Gandapur to convene parliamentary party soon

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-nominated candidate for Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa chief ministership Ali Amin Gandapur said on Thursday he would take decision in consultation with the party’s newly-elected parliamentary party, which would be convened very soon.

According to Express News, Gandapur departed from his home town of Dera Ismail Khan to Peshawar, where he is scheduled to meet the newly-elected PTI-backed independent members of the K-P Assembly to chalk out the future strategy.

“I am in touch with all the [elected] members of the assembly. I will call a meeting of the parliamentary party in Peshawar,” he said. “We will make policies with mutual consultations, restart health cards and work to end poverty,” he added.
Gandapur – who won the February 8 elections on both the national and the provincial assembly seats from Dera Ismail Khan – emphasised that as the K-P chief minister he would give confidence to the institutions and gain their trust.

Meanwhile, the PTI on Thursday barred its independent members in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa from joining the Jamaat-e-Islami to form a coalition government in the province, a day after the latter refused to enter into an alliance with the former.
Sources said the PTI-backed members in K-P were likely to form a provincial government in their independent capacity.
The JI refused to join hands with the PTI as it had decided that it would a form coalition with the latter in the Centre instead of limiting its alliance to just a provincial level.

JI Central Deputy Amir Liaquat Baloch had confirmed ongoing discussions with the PTI, revealing that the Imran-led party had signalled a willingness to collaborate for government formation.

However, on Wednesday, JI spokesperson Qaiser Sharif said his party's "cooperation with the PTI at the national level will be for national interest” but the latter had now changed its position.

The PTI sources said the JI’s conditions were surprising.