Amir Muqam: Swabi People Have Rejected PTIPakistan

He said those spreading false propaganda on social media should come to Swabi and see the people’s spirit and affection for themselves. The way the people here have expressed their love is before everyone, he said.

Muqam, who is also the PML-N’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa president, said the people had fully accepted the administrative changes in the province.

Turning to the PTI’s record in government, he alleged that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s resources were used ruthlessly over the past 13 years and that corruption reigned during the PTI’s time in office. He said the province had been looted with both hands.

The minister said projects launched for the welfare of the people would be taken forward and the province’s resources would be spent on public welfare. He said providing basic facilities to the people and completing development projects were among his priorities.

He said establishing law and order in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was a collective responsibility, adding that peace would be established with the people’s cooperation and the journey of development would move forward.

Muqam has made similar remarks at PML-N gatherings in other parts of the province in recent weeks, including in Bisham, Shangla, on 25 October, where he said the people had welcomed the end of PTI’s 13-year rule, and in Peshawar, where he accused the former provincial government of poor governance and misuse of public funds.

The PTI had governed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for 13 years, from 2013, until its rule in the province ended last month, a period Muqam has repeatedly described as one of misrule and corruption.