Afridi rejects governor’s security meeting

Summary

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has strongly criticised a security meeting chaired by Governor Faisal Karim Kundi, describing it as unconstitutional and an interference in the authority of the elected provincial government.
• Addressing a provincial cabinet meeting in Peshawar on Wednesday, Afridi said the governor had no constitutional authority to summon the chief secretary and inspector general of police for a meeting on matters falling under the provincial government’s domain.
• Afridi said the K-P government had been elected with a two-thirds majority and that the provincial assembly, cabinet and administration were functioning normally.

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has strongly criticised a security meeting chaired by Governor Faisal Karim Kundi, describing it as unconstitutional and an interference in the authority of the elected provincial government.

Addressing a provincial cabinet meeting in Peshawar on Wednesday, Afridi said the governor had no constitutional authority to summon the chief secretary and inspector general of police for a meeting on matters falling under the provincial government’s domain.

He accused the governor of attempting to provoke the provincial administration and said his government would resist any move that undermined the Constitution or democratic institutions.

Afridi also criticised the Pakistan Peoples Party, alleging that its current actions could create divisions similar to those that preceded the separation of East Pakistan. He said his government would not allow any attempt to undermine the country’s unity.