Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has demanded replacement of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra, warning that the process of free and fair elections would be threatened if the latter continued to hold office.
In a letter written to interim Prime Minister Justice (r) Nasirul Mulk, Imran said that the role of KP governor was questionable on different levels.
The PTI chief pointed out that Jhagra continued to hold financial administrative powers over the now defunct Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
Imran added that Jhagra also continued to intervene in the political affairs of the region, especially by controlling the financial strings and also played a partisan role in the politics of entire KP.
Imran added that the KP governor was among the bureaucrats appointed by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), “all of whom were covertly seeking to influence the outcome of 2018General Election”. The PTI chief also stated that the caretaker governments of Sindh and Punjab were moving at an extremely slow pace to rectify the situation. Therefore, he said, direct and immediate action should be taken to replace Jhagra and remove other anomalies that would hinder the process of free and fair elections.
Published in Daily Times, June 20th 2018.
