Peshawar: Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao on Sunday asked all the nationalist forces to join hands to address the problems being faced by the Pakhtuns.
Speaking at a press conference at, Watan Kor, the central secretariat of the party, here, he said there was a dire need to make efforts for the restoration of peace on the soil of the Pakhtuns.
On the occasion, known nationalist leader Hashim Babar announced joining the QWP along with his scores of supporters. QWP provincial Chairman and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senior Minister Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao, MPA Meraj Humayun, former MPA Nasreen Khattak and others were present at the press conference.
He said the Pakhtuns were faced with a host of problems due to the flawed policies of the previous government. He said that over 50,000 people were killed and hundreds of others injured in acts of subversion over the last several years.
Aftab Sherpao asked the federal government to seek a violable solution to the problems being faced by the Pakhtuns and take steps to restore sustainable peace in the country particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The QWP leader said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa produced more gas and electricity than other parts of the country.
He called upon the federal government to let the Pakhtuns become masters of their resources. He said the Pakhtuns were playing an important role in making Pakistan a developed country.
About the recent hike in power tariff and POL prices, he said the federal government should withdraw the raise as the people were already grappling with skyrocketing inflation and putting more burden on them was injustice.
Aftab Sherpao said the US troops would start pulling out from Afghanistan next year so the federal government should come up with a mechanism to work out a strategy for the post-2014 scenario.
He said the government should take steps to remove trust deficit between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
In his address, Hashim Babar reposed confidence in the leadership of Aftab Sherpao and vowed to work for strengthening the party and uniting the Pakhtuns on a single platform.
