{"id":489003,"date":"2025-07-09T09:11:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T04:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=489003"},"modified":"2025-07-09T09:11:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T04:11:04","slug":"swat-tragedy-exposed-kp-govts-attempts-to-cover-up-incompetence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/swat-tragedy-exposed-kp-govts-attempts-to-cover-up-incompetence\/","title":{"rendered":"Swat tragedy exposed KP govt\u2019s attempts to cover up incompetence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> PESHAWAR<br \/>\nFederal Minister for States and Frontier Regions, Gilgit Baltistan and Kashmir Affairs and President of Pakistan Muslim League (N) Engr Amir Muqam said that River Swat tragedy has exposed KP Govt\u2019s attempts to cover up its incompetence.<br \/>\n\u201cWhat the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is doing after the heartbreaking Swat River tragedy is, in fact, an effort to conceal its own failures,\u201d he said in a statement here.<br \/>\nHe said a sensitive and central location of Swat which is divisional headquarters witnesses a sorrowful event, yet the government fails to provide timely aid or an effective response. This, in itself, is proof of their failure.<br \/>\n\u201cWhat\u2019s even more surprising is that, in order to divert attention from its weaknesses, the government of KP has staged a so-called anti-encroachment operation. The hotels that were demolished \u2014 their owners were neither given prior notice nor subjected to any legal process. The truth is, the very NOCs and permits for these buildings were issued by the same governments that have been in power for the past 12\u201313 years.\u201d<br \/>\nHe clarified that as for his hotel, it was constructed through a completely legal process in 2005. Its design was properly approved, and an NOC was granted. Muqam said he later purchased this hotel and possess all the legal documentation. The hotel is currently non-functional, yet he am being targeted for political revenge.<br \/>\nHe questioned what truly pains us is the plight of the hundreds of poor individuals whose businesses were destroyed without any prior notice or legal procedure. This approach is not only unlawful but also inhumane. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PESHAWAR Federal Minister for States and Frontier Regions, Gilgit Baltistan and Kashmir Affairs and President of Pakistan Muslim League (N) Engr Amir Muqam said that River Swat tragedy has exposed KP Govt\u2019s attempts to cover up its incompetence. \u201cWhat the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is doing after the heartbreaking Swat River tragedy is, in fact, an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-489003","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Swat tragedy exposed KP govt\u2019s attempts 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