PML-N stalwarts reprimand CM KP Gandapur for ‘crossing the line’

LAHORE: PML-N leaders, Punjab Information Minister and PML-N Senator Talal Chaudhry, on Monday reprimanded Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister (CM) Ali Amin Gandapur for using foul language and threatening statements.

While addressing a press conference in Lahore, Azma Bokhari said that CM Gandapur had “used foul language against women [and] issued threats”, adding that it was “not the first such incident”.

Bokhari said Gandapur “crossed a line again” yesterday during his speech at the Islamabad rally.

“Gandapur wants his leader to be freed within 15 days. I give him 20 days, do what you can. We will see,” the PML-N leader said.

she accused certain groups of undermining Pakistan’s peace and criticized the stone-pelting incidents involving Islamabad police.

Bukhari referred to Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Chief Mahmood Achakzai’s comments about PTI being disorganized and questioned KP Chief Minister Ali Amin’s upbringing.

Bukhari stated that the Punjab police effectively manage ‘drug addiction’ and warned that law enforcement would respond to any unrest in Islamabad.

Bokhari claimed that Gandapur’s constituency was now a “no-go area” and was under the control of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

“KP is burning under terrorism,” she remarked.

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“In his area, two judges were attacked, three army officials were kidnapped and in the last six months — since he has been in power — there were five attacks on police and many officers were martyred,” she said.

“In the past 12 years in KP, they have not been able to tell us about one school, one hospital or one development project that they have implemented,” she said.

PML-N Senator Talal Chaudhry vowed legal action against Ali Amin Gandapur for leading party supporters who “attacked and pelted stones” at Islamabad police at last night’s rally.

In a televised address today, Chaudhry said: “Once again, the Islamabad police was deliberately attacked by the people who had come to Islamabad under the leadership of the KP chief minister.

“Not only will those who attacked and pelted stones but also their mastermind will be arrested and sent to jail over this chaos,” he asserted.

Chaudhry said: “No one stopped them (PTI supporters). No policeman stood in their way. There was no obstruction [yet] they attacked the police on purpose in a botched attempt to hide their failed jalsa.

“Not only will the law take its course but in the coming days, I see his future from being the KP chief minister to going to the Adiala Jail,” the PML-N senator said.