Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Shafi Jan has said that chief minister Sohail Afridi met Mohsin Naqvi on 14 May, adding that meetings with him on the security situation have continued.
Speaking on Samaa TV's programme 'Nadeem Malik Live', Shafi Jan said that propaganda was spread regarding the meeting between Mohsin Naqvi and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister. He said Barrister Gohar was present in the meeting and that it was not kept secret.
He stated that meetings with Mohsin Naqvi on law and order in the province had been taking place earlier as well. He added that if backchannel contacts were trusted, PTI founder Imran Khan would not have spent one thousand days in jail.
Meanwhile, Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, speaking in the same programme, said that the meeting between KP CM and Mohsin Naqvi was surprising for him. He questioned why the chief minister of a terrorism-affected province was meeting so late, and said politicising the meeting was inappropriate.
Tariq Fazal Chaudhry said that the PTI may also engage in political dialogue as it is their right. He said that a meeting between the prime minister and opposition leader Mahmood Achakzai would take place after Eid, and that he along with Rana Sanaullah had invited Mahmood Achakzai for a meeting with the prime minister.
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