KP chief minister slams jail authorities for not allowing him, PTI leaders to meet founder Imran Khan
\n islamabad
\nAfter not being allowed to meet incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan at Adiala jail, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur lambasted the federal government, signalling that his administration will not cooperate with the Centre on the upcoming IMF programme.
\n\u201cI am telling you [Centre] that the next matter yet to be decided with IMF,\u201d said Gandapur while speaking to journalists outside Rawalpindi\u2019s Adiala jail alongside Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Omar Ayub and PTI Senator Shibli Faraz.
\n\u201cWe will take decisions according to our province\u2019s situation,\u201d he said, adding that the Centre should not give the PTI a lecture on national interests as the former ruling party was not solely bearing the responsibility.
\nSeveral PTI leaders, including CM Gandapur, Omar, Shibli, Muzamil Aslam, and Taimur Jhagra, were not permitted to meet ex-PM Khan at the jail today.
\nHe said that they fulfilled all formalities defined by the court for meeting ex-PM Khan at the jail.
\nDespite this, he said the jail authorities stopped them from meeting him citing security reasons,.
\nThe firebrand CM said that if not today, then someday they would manage to meet Khan, however, it was completely wrong to create obstacles in these meetings.
\nHe went on to say that the former ruling party was continuously being targeted by the rulers via fake FIRs, putting its entire leadership behind bars, and the use of force when the party organised protests.
\nTerming it a violation of the Constitution and law, Gandapur warned that their response would be the same at the time of the next IMF programme.
\nThe KP CM announced that they will not attend any finance-related meetings.
\nResponding to the criticism of the KP budget, Gandapur said that they passed the budget to avoid a constitutional crisis and that a \u201cconspiracy has failed\u201d. He admitted that the patron-in-chief has the right to give his input before the budget.
\nHis statement came after the PTI founder\u2019s sister Aleema Khan termed the passing of the KP budget without the former premier\u2019s nod \u201cminus Imran Khan\u201d and slammed the Gandapur administration.
\nThe chief minister clarified that he has always made maximum efforts to implement Khan\u2019s directives and said that he\u2019s only answerable to the PTI founder.
\nThe passing of the budget for the Fiscal Year 2025-26 by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government continues to have further complications as the former prime minister has now opposed the province\u2019s surplus budget under the International Monetary Fund\u2019s (IMF) conditions, The News reported citing sources.
\nThe sources revealed that the party\u2019s patron-in-chief was not happy with the inclusion of Rs157 billion in surplus in the KP budget as per the IMF demands.
\nAdviser to the KP CM on Information Muhammad Ali Saif, confirmed to this correspondent that the former PM had raised concerns regarding the surplus budget, saying that if the province has a surplus, why would the federal government provide it with funds?
\nHe added that Khan was not angry, but he wanted more funds to be allocated to education, health and the environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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