PESHAWAR:
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has reached out to both the Awami National Party (ANP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to seek their support for the unopposed election of its nominee Muhammad Sohail Afridi as the next chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
PTI’s provincial president Junaid Akbar, accompanied by Sher Ali Arbab, Ali Khan Jadoon, Shaukat Yousafzai, Irfan Saleem and other party leaders, met ANP provincial president Mian Iftikhar Hussain and senior ANP officials at Bacha Khan Markaz in Peshawar on Sunday.
ANP’s Syed Aqil Shah, Salahuddin, Hussain Shah Yousafzai, Arslan Khan Nazim, Hamid Toofan and Tariq Afghan also attended the meeting.
According to party insiders, the meeting focused on the province’s political situation and the upcoming election for chief minister. PTI leaders urged ANP to support their candidate in the interest of political stability.
