PESHAWAR: Awami National Party (ANP) leader Aimal Wali Khan has criticized the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government over its handling of the recent flash floods in Swat, terming the disaster a \u201cmurder\u201d rather than an \u201caccident.\u201d In a statement, Aimal Wali questioned the provincial government\u2019s failure to take timely preventive measures despite advance warnings issued by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). \u201cWhen the federal government had already issued an alert, why were no safety measures taken?\u201d he asked. He also criticized the delayed rescue response, asking, \u201cWhy were the people trapped in floodwaters not rescued in time?\u201d Directing sharp remarks at the province\u2019s emergency response capabilities, he questioned the effectiveness of Rescue 1122, saying, \u201cIs the machinery of Rescue 1122 only meant for Islamabad?\u201d The ANP leader described the situation in KP as a \u201csevere administrative crisis\u201d and blamed the \u201cincompetent\u201d Chief Minister and those he said had imposed him on the province. According to Aimal, government negligence and inefficiency directly contributed to the scale of the tragedy. DLP Report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR: Awami National Party (ANP) leader Aimal Wali Khan has criticized the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government over its handling of the recent flash floods in Swat, terming the disaster a \u201cmurder\u201d rather than an \u201caccident.\u201d In a statement, Aimal Wali questioned the provincial government\u2019s failure to take timely preventive measures despite advance warnings issued by the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-486965","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-peshawar"},"yoast_head":"\n