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In an sudden growth, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Communication and Works Shakeel Ahmad Khan stepped down from his publish whereas levelling allegations of corruption and unhealthy governance towards the PTI-backed provincial authorities.
Shakeel mentioned that he had despatched his resignation to KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur.
The growth got here days after incarcerated PTI founder Iman Khan, in a stern message from Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, warned members of his social gathering’s authorities in KP that they might be held accountable for corruption and governance points of their departments.
In line with the instructions of Khan, the PTI constituted a three-member committee to observe corruption and governance in KP, the place the social gathering fashioned authorities after the February 2024 common elections.
It ought to be famous that Khan determined to represent the committee after provincial minister Shakeel, throughout a gathering with him in jail, complained about embezzlement in varied departments of KP.
Sources aware about the matter mentioned that Shakeel alleged that he was unable to carry out his duties correctly as a result of corruption and unhealthy governance within the province.
He additionally alleged that CM Gandapur’s interference in his division was affecting his efficiency.
The minister alleged that the KP CM was performing on another person’s instructions, including that the provincial authorities was compromising on principales and guarantees made to the general public.
The KP authorities has backtracked from its principled place, he alleged, including that unhealthy governance and corruption have destroyed the social gathering’s manifesto.
On the opposite hand, KP CM Gandapur clarified that the written resignation of Shakeel has not been acquired but.
“On the advice of the committee, a abstract in search of to de-notify the minister has already been despatched [to the governor].”
The CM mentioned that he had signed the abstract and despatched it to the governor a day earlier.
Reacting to the resignation of the KP’s communication and works minister, PTI chief Atif Khan mentioned the minister was faraway from the provincial cupboard below what he referred to as a “conspiracy”.
Talking to the media in Peshawar earlier at present, the politician additional mentioned that Shakeel had apprised Imran of corruption in several departments within the province.
“If Shakeel Khan had been corrupt, the PTI founder wouldn’t have referred to as him for a gathering,” he asserted.
