PESHAWAR: The KP government held a peace jirga at the provincial assembly today. Jirga is deliberating on the law and order situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Governor KP and Chief Minister Sohail Afridi are among the notable participants in the peace jirga at KP Assembly.
Meanwhile, over 20 parliamentary parties are attending the jirga. Participants include representatives from the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl), Jamhoori Watan Party, and Awami National Party, among others.
PTI Delegation Invites Governor Faisal Kareem Kundi
Earlier in the day, a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) delegation led by Assembly Speaker Babar Saleem Swati, along with Asad Qaiser and Junaid Akbar, visited Governor Faisal Kareem Kundi at the Governor’s House to formally invite him to the peace jirga.
Governor Kundi accepted the invitation and expressed his willingness to attend the event, terming it a positive step toward restoring peace and stability in the province.
Federal Government Endorses the Initiative
Earlier this month, on November 6, a PTI delegation met with Federal Minister for States and Frontier Regions, Amir Muqam, to discuss the peace jirga. Following the meeting, both sides held a joint press conference, where the federal government confirmed its participation in the initiative for the sake of the province’s peace and harmony.
The key objective of the jirga is to promote peace and political harmony in the province and evolve collective strategies to curb growing terrorism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to the government officials, peace jirga will strengthen cooperation in overcoming security challenges.
In the prevailing situation, peace jirga is an important development to discourage unabated wave of terrorism in the province and other parts of the country.
