PESHAWAR: In a move that supersedes the authority of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has announced its plans to convene on Friday an all-parties conference (APC) on the issue of law and order in the province. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), which leads the coalition government in the province, had earlier announced its own plans to convene the meeting before making a u-turn.
The agenda of the conference: prevalent law-and-order situation is similar to what PTI had devised for its own APC plans.
PTI had issued an official statement on September 13 which said the provincial government was ready for a provincial APC in light of the resolutions made in the APC held at a federal level so a strategy for attaining lasting peace could be established.
PML-N provincial general secretary Rahmat Salam Khattak said that after the provincial government announced APC and in between the following postponement they have not been contacted by the government.
JUI-F spokesperson Jalil Jan said, “K-P government has failed on the issue of law and order and the government seems to lack a proper strategy to respond to terrorist incidents”.
JI spokesperson Israrullah said that all the political parties agreed to attend the JI convened APC. He said that through the APC a message would be delivered to the active powers behind the terrorist acts that people are united against them.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 4th, 2013.
