CM Khattak’s ID absence: ANP seeks clarification

The Awami National Party Thursday submitted an adjournment motion in the Senate against the absence of Chief Minister, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pervez Khattak from the Independence Day’s Flag Hoisting ceremony in Peshawar.

Traditionally Chief Ministers raise National Flag to mark beginning of celebrations in their respective provinces. However, Khattak set example by his absence from the function.

The provincial spokesman said Khattak had gone to Islamabad to attend functions arranged for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, a strange excuse by the spokesman. It would have taken just an hour had he stayed for the ceremony in Peshawar.

Health Minister Shaukat Yousafzai and Information Minister Shah Farman were assigned to attend the ceremony.

The chief minister’s spokesperson said that he was in Islamabad to attend a meeting with United Nations (UN) General Secretary Ban Ki-moon so the health minister was asked to attend the flag hoisting ceremony instead.

Awami National Party (ANP) leader Zahid Khan,  told reporters that it was unfortunate that things that had never happened before were now happening since the PTI government took over.

He claimed that Khattak was not in Islamabad and had not woken up in the morning, which is why he had missed the ceremony.

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