'ANP is with army as long as it supports democracy'

Mian Iftikhar says people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have given many sacrifices in the fight against terrorism.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said the Awami National Party (ANP)  is with the army as long as it supports democracy.

Mian Iftikhar said that the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have given many sacrifices in the fight against terrorism.

Mian Iftikhar said the provincial government had advocated the Shariat based Nizam-i-Adal in Malakand Division, which has now been adopted.

The K-P information minister also said that peace in Pakistan is unlikely without a peaceful Afghanistan.

He was addressing the media at the death anniversary gathering of former Afghan president Najibullah in Peshawar. He was the fourth and last president of the Soviet-backed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. He is also considered the second president of the Republic of Afghanistan.