PESHAWAR
Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) provincial Chairman Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao on Sunday opposed the selling of the land acquired for the educational complex in Mardan and said this belied the claims of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government about declaring education emergency in the province.
According to a press release issued from Watan Kor, he was speaking at a meeting of the party office-bearers of District Peshawar. He directed the participants to work for strengthening and reorganizing the QWP at the grassroots.
Sikandar Sherpao said the PTI had been ruling Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for third straight term but it failed to work for the welfare of the people.
“Selling the land acquired for the educational complex is violation of the relevant laws,” he said, adding that under the law, a piece of land once acquired for a project should be used for that specific purpose.
He said that the bid to sell the land was a classic example of the PTI’s poor economic management.
He said this would set a bad precedent and would open a Pandora ‘s box.
“This shows the PTI has miserably failed to run the economic affairs of the province and it has now started selling off the provincial assets,” he maintained.
Expressing concern over the deteriorating law and order in various parts of the province, the QWP leader said the local administration in Kurram tribal district should swing into action to broker a ceasefire between the warring tribes.
He said the clashes had claimed several lives, but the provincial government was acting like a silent spectator.
He said the provincial ministers and advisers were always ready to give political talks and indulge in making political statements over petty issues, but they did not have time to stop the bloodshed in Kurram.
Sikandar Sherpao said the agreements reached with the Independent Power Producers (IPPs) should be revisited as the deals were investor-friendly with no regard for the rights of the consumers.
He said the government was putting burden on the power consumers to pay the capacity payments to the IPPs, which was a grave injustice with the people.
He said the government should investigate to determine as to who were responsible for reaching the agreements with the IPPs which protected the rights of the investors only.
