LOWER DIR
The provincial president of Awami National Party Amil Wali Khan has said that delay in general elections will further exacerbate the country’s political and financial situation. “ANP will not accept any delay in elections scheduled for February 8 2014” he said.
He said this while addressing a worker convention in Dir’s Rabat on Saturday.
Taking a jibe at Pervez Khattak, chief of PTI-P, he said that politics for politicians is vested interest and they change their loyalties to gain power.
“ANP won the case of Pakhtunkhwa in the form of the 18th constitutional amendment but in 2018 elections the party was kept out of parliament,” he said and added that the party leadership faced terrorist attacks in previous general elections.
Aimal Wali said that PTI halted progress and development in the country and termed tampering with the 18th constitution unacceptable.
He said religion cards were used in polls to get support of voters and parties served their vested interests to gain power. He said that war in the name of Islam on the Pakhtun land is a war for usurping rights.
The resources of the province were plundered, innocent people have been killed and no progress was made during the last so many decades, he claimed that it is unfortunate that Pakhtunkhwa produces electricity, but Lahore has the authority over it.
The province that produces twice as much electricity as it needs is still suffering from darkness, oil, gas and minerals are also our products, but the province is deprived of its fruits.
Our children are deprived of health, education and other basic facilities. Our right to our resources should be recognized like Punjab’s right to wheat.
Candidate PK 14 Malik Mohammad Zaib and other officials also spoke on this occasion.
