Gandapur to send K-P jirga to Afghanistan

Says Centre's approach for peace with neighbouring country did not bear fruit

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DERA ISMAIL KHAN:

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur announced on Tuesday that he would send a delegation of tribal elders to Afghanistan for talks, claiming that federal government's approach for peace with the neighbouring country did not bear fruit.

Talking to the media in Dera Ismail Khan, Gandapur said that the issue of Afghanistan would be resolved only through negotiations. "The federal government has not achieved any success in talks with Afghanistan.

Therefore, I am sending a provincial delegation to Afghanistan very soon," he said.

"The delegation will go to Afghanistan within two weeks and hold talks. We will find a solution to the problems," he said, adding that the delegation would comprise leaders of all tribes.

"I hope that they [the Afghan side] will cooperate with our jirga."

The chief minister said that cases were being filed against opposition politicians in the country.

The PTI founder, he said, had been kept in jail for establishing the Al-Qadir Trust and providing free education.