PESHAWAR: The Awami National Party Chief Asfandyar Wali Khan Friday said his party always believed in resolving issues through dialogue and peaceful political means rather than the use of force.
“The ANP-led provincial government has tried its best to resolve the Swat issue through dialogue and despite all pressure and criticism it signed peace accord, promulgated Nizam-e-Adl Regulation and set up Qazi courts, but unfortunately the militants violated the accord and forced the government to use force to ensure the safety of the people and establish the writ of the state,” Asfandyar said.
Addressing a meeting of party office-bearers and MPAs of district Charsadda here Friday, Asfandyar said the provincial government was still abiding by the Swat peace accord but the militants violated it and their nefarious designs were exposed before the nation.
Regarding Swat, he said the provincial government had always taken all the political parties into confidence and that was the reason all the political forces backed the military operation against the militants in Malakand division.
Asfandyar urged the party workers to make concerted efforts to provide better facilities to the displaced people of the restive areas. He asked them to constitute committees at district level, make regular visits to relief camps and co-ordinate with the provincial committee of the party about the deficiencies in the camps so that necessary steps could be taken to make them up.
The meeting also discussed the ongoing development projects in Charsadda district, including provision of natural gas, establishment of a cadet college and construction of roads. Asfandyar assured the party workers that the development projects would be completed soon.
Besides party office-bearers and provincial assembly members of Charsadda, Afrasiyab Khattak, Senator Zahid Khan, Bashir Ahmad Bilour, Tajuddin Khan and others also attended the meeting.
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