PTI Khyber Pakhtunkhwa meeting: seven lawmakers absent

PESHAWAR: Seven Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) members of the National and Provincial Assembly were absent from a meeting of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter held in Peshawar.

The meeting was convened to discuss party matters at the provincial level. According to party officials, the General Secretary of PTI Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has also issued a formal warning to those who did not attend.

Those absent Nmembers included Mian Sharafat Ali, Sultan Room, Dr Amjad Ali, Shakeel Khan, Syed Fakhar Jahan, Sohail Sultan and Ali Shah Khan.

The party has not released further details regarding the content of the warning or the potential consequences for continued absence.

PTI FORMER PROVINCIAL CHIEF JOINS PML-N

Meanwhile, the ruling party in the center, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) got a boost in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Friday with Nawabzada Mohsin Ali from Karak district joining the party. He also met with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in the federal capital.

Nawabzada has previously served as the provincial chief of PTI. He joined PML-N along with his son Shehryar and other colleagues.

During the meeting, PM Sharif promised that the federal government would continue playing its role in restoring law and order in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The comments came as the PTI is being criticised over its failure to tackle the challenge of terrorism in the province, as law and order is a provincial subject since the passage of 18th Amendment.

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