The PTI on Tuesday decided to convene a peace jirga in the KP Assembly on November 12 to discuss the volatile law and order situation in the province.
The decision to hold the jirga at the assembly’s hall at 11am was taken in a high-level consultative meeting of the party’s KP leadership, which was jointly chaired by CM Sohail Afridi and provincial PTI president Junaid Akbar.
The meeting discussed in detail the overall political situation in the province and matters of law and order, according to a statement. The participants consulted on various aspects of holding the peace jirga and future strategy.
The PTI leadership decided that all parties would be invited to participate so that all political leadership could be united on a single platform for the establishment of lasting peace and stability in the province.
The statement said the heads, presidents and general secretaries of all political parties in the province, former chief ministers, former governors, representatives of civil society and the dignitaries of the KP Bar Association would be invited to participate in the moot.
“It will be a national peace jirga in which the leadership of around 20 political parties will be invited for discussion and decisions needed to be taken for the restoration of peace in the province,” he said.
He said that convening the peace jirga was an effort for a joint struggle and to convey a message with one voice related to the restoration of law and order. He said that all efforts would be made to develop a consensus in the upcoming peace moot.
Atif said CM Afridi also visited Paktunkhwa Milli Awami Party chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai and Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen chief Allama Raja Nasir Abbas to invite them to participate.
National and political matters were discussed in the meeting, especially the proposed 27th Constitutional Amendment and its possible impact on provincial autonomy.
Achakzai assured the chief minister of his full cooperation to protect the constitutional and financial rights of the province.
Separately, JUI-F provincial council member Hafiz Maulana Abdul Salam Arif was shot dead by unidentified motorcyclists in Charsadda district on Tuesday, according to a police officer.
According to Investigating Officer (IO) Safdar Khan, the JUI member was on his way home after offering prayers at a mosque when he was attacked by two armed suspects on a motorcycle.
“The incident is being investigated from all possible angles,” the IO said. “Police have collected evidence from the crime scene and have also called in a team of experts to provide assistance.”
The IO added that the victim’s son filed a case with the Mandani police station.
In addition to being a provincial council member, the slain Abdul Salam was the head of Madressah Abu Bakar Siddique in Tehsil Tangi and the preacher at a mosque within the area of the Jamalabad Dairy Farm.
Meanwhile, security forces conducted an intelligence based operation in Kalat District of Balochistan, on reported presence of Terrorists belonging to Indian Proxy, Fitna al Hindustan.
During the conduct of operation, the troops effectively engaged the terrorists location and resultantly, four Indian sponsored Terrorists were sent to hell.
Weapons and ammunition was also recovered from the killed terrorists, who remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities.
Sanitization operations are being conducted to eliminate any other Indian sponsored terrorist found in the area as relentless Counter Terrorism campaign under vision “Azm e Istehkam” (as approved by Federal Apex Committee on National Action Plan) by Security Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies of Pakistan will continue at full pace to wipe out menace of foreign sponsored and supported terrorism from the country.