- Gandapur calls on the masses to take to the streets for the “truth.”
- CM warns of power cut in the country by pressing 'button'.
- PTI leader says he will not tolerate hours of load shedding in KP.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur on Tuesday warned of such action against opponents “generations will remember” if ordered by jailed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan one day after burying the hatchet with the government.
“If the PTI founder calls from prison, we will play with them a game that their generations will remember,” Gandapur said in a fiery speech in Swabi.
He called on the masses to take to the streets for the “truth”, saying that Khan was behind bars for the people and that the cases against him were “all false”.
“Israel would not have the courage to attack Palestine if the founder of the PTI held the post of prime minister,” he added, referring to the ongoing war in Gaza.
The PTI agitator also warned of “suspending the power supply of the entire country by pressing a single button” at the Tarbela dam.
“I will not tolerate a 22-hour load shedding in the province,” added Gandapur, who had earlier threatened to take control of the power distribution company, Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco), after denouncing excessive power cuts in the province. .
It is pertinent to mention that the KP government and the Center had been at loggerheads over multiple issues, including the prolonged power outages in the province.
Furthermore, the KP government and the Center had been involved in a verbal spat in the last few days with CM Gandapur complaining about the dues owed by the federal government to the province.
However, after a “meaningful” dialogue with Home Minister Mohsin Naqvi, the two sides resolved the issues and agreed to work together to help the public.
At a joint press conference on Monday, Gandapur said: “Federal and provincial institutions will work together. [We] “We will work together to eliminate the causes of line losses.”
Referring to the “consensus” reached between the two parties, the provincial chief executive said they had found a way through which people would get relief.
“Although KP supplies electricity to the entire country,” he said, “the province itself is experiencing prolonged power outages.”
The premier further said that he was involved in talks to resolve the issues facing the province. “We will have to come to the table for the rights and issues of the province.”
