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October 09, 2026

Governor Has Constitutional Right to Convene Meeting on Law and Order: PPP

Peshawar: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) parliamentary leader in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Ahmed Kundi on Wednesday urged the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s government in the province to abandon “politics of confrontation” and adopt a policy of reconciliation with the federal government.

Addressing a press conference at Peshawar Press Club alongside PPP parliamentary committee members and MPAs Mehr Sultana Advocate, Shazia Tehmas, and Arbab Zarak, and minority wing leader Bahari Lal, Mr Kundi said the PTI should read the Constitution before criticizing Governor Faisal Karim Kundi and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari.

He said the governor had the constitutional right to convene a meeting on the province’s law and order situation, particularly when the provincial government had failed to address the issue.

“Before criticizing the governor, they should read the Constitution, which they have kept in cupboards and is covered with dust,” he said.

Mr Kundi criticized the KP cabinet for holding a special meeting in response to the governor’s high-level meeting on law and order and said the cabinet had used the occasion to criticize Mr Bilawal and Governor Kundi.

He said the PPP chairman had played a role in bringing the PTI and federal government to the negotiating table, but the PTI itself had subsequently caused the failure of the 12-hour-long talks.

The PPP leader said the Constitution provided the governor with a role to play when the chief minister failed to perform his responsibilities.

He advised Chief Minister Sohail Afridi to focus on governance instead of leading protests and long marches against the federal government.

“The chief minister is not an ordinary person. He should concentrate on running the province instead of coming out for protests every day and confronting the Center,” he said.

Mr Kundi said the province was facing a serious law and order crisis and alleged that the situation had remained largely unchanged for years.

He claimed that the provincial government had failed to adequately implement federal policies aimed at combating terrorism and had instead continued to criticize the Center.

“Today, terrorism has spread across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while government employees, police personnel and security forces are being targeted,” he said.

He also criticized the chief minister for allegedly failing to attend important federal forums, including meetings of the National Finance Commission and Inter-Provincial Coordination Committee, despite being invited.

“These are forums where decisions concerning the province’s rights are discussed,” he said.

Mr Kundi alleged that the provincial government had created unnecessary tensions with the Center despite its heavy reliance on federal resources.

He claimed that around 98 per cent of the resources sustaining the province came through the Center and urged the provincial government to cooperate with Islamabad on counterterrorism and other issues.

Referring to recent political protests, he said the PTI could not claim a moral high ground after its government had allegedly subjected PPP workers protesting peacefully outside the KP Assembly to a baton charge and tear gas.

“Those who consider their own long march legitimate should also remember how PPP’s peaceful protesters were treated outside the KP Assembly,” he said. - Dawn

 

Courtesy Dawn

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