My father made personal issues political: Amir Hoti

The son of Azam Hoti, former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Amir Haider Hoti said Tuesday that his father had made personal issues political. Hoti held a news conference in response to his father’s allegations that Awami National Party (ANP) leaders Asfandyar Wali Khan and Afrasiab Khattak had a secret deal with the US.

“There have been internal issues within the party which have led to differences between members,” Amir Haider Hoti told reporters. The former KP chief minister said the ANP had always been subjected to allegations which over the course of time had proven to be baseless. “We have been accused of being agents of US, India, Russia and even Kafirs.” He added that such allegations had been leveled during dictatorships and even during the tenure of elected governments.