Booted out: QWP announces decision to sit on opposition benches

QWP provincial chief says they will expose corruption by PTI in K-P after two of their ministers were suspended.

Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) provincial chief in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and provincial minister for Irrigation & Power, Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao confirmed late on Wednesday that the party was no longer part of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led government in K-P, the Express News reported.

QWP will now sit on opposition bench in the K-P assembly, said Sherpao.

He further added that they will expose the corruption of PTI government in a press conference in Peshawar.

Earlier in the day, PTI led Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government had suspended two QWP provincial ministers for alleged involvement in corrupt practices and poor performance.

That announcement was followed by PTI chief Imran Khan's advisory to the K-P chief minister to end the provincial coalition with QWP.

“Chairman PTI Imran Khan today issued a strong advisory to CM Khyber-Pukhtunkwa to pull out of the coalition with QWP,” a statement from PTI issued on Wednesday evening had read.