{"id":494640,"date":"2025-08-04T00:50:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T19:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=494640"},"modified":"2025-08-04T00:50:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T19:50:15","slug":"imran-says-gandapur-should-resign-if-he-cant-restore-peace-in-kp-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/imran-says-gandapur-should-resign-if-he-cant-restore-peace-in-kp-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Imran says \u2018Gandapur should resign\u2019 if he can\u2019t restore peace in KP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI<br \/>\nPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan has criticised Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, suggesting that he should resign if he fails to maintain law and order in the province, according to sources.<br \/>\n\u201cIf Ali Amin Gandapur cannot restore peace, he should step down,\u201d the PTI founder was quoted as saying by sources, who spoke to Geo News on Saturday.<br \/>\nHe further remarked that if Gandapur is unable to resolve governance issues, someone else should be given a chance. Pakistan witnessed a surge in terror activities, particularly in its Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan provinces, since the return of Taliban rulers in Afghanistan in 2021.<br \/>\nAt least 476 incidents of terrorism were reported across KP during the first seven months of 2025, according to a police report obtained by Geo News.<br \/>\nThe province-wide wave of violence left 121 civilians dead and 301 others injured. In the line of duty, 66 police personnel embraced martyrdom and 90 sustained injuries.<br \/>\nThe report also noted that 10 Levies personnel were martyred and 8 injured, while the Frontier Corps (FC) lost 48 personnel with another 109 wounded. Overall, 55 members of other security forces were martyred and 112 injured during the same period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan has criticised Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, suggesting that he should resign if he fails to maintain law and order in the province, according to sources. \u201cIf Ali Amin Gandapur cannot restore peace, he should step down,\u201d the PTI founder was quoted as saying by sources, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":494652,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-494640","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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