Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and Defence Minister Pervez Khattak had a heated alternate of phrases when the latter stated he wouldn’t vote for him and complained concerning the neglect of the north western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province by the federal government, in response to a media report on Friday.
The incident occurred on Thursday throughout a gathering of the parliamentary celebration of the ruling alliance, presided over by Prime Minister Khan, on the Parliament House, the Dawn newspaper reported.The defence minister, whereas attending the assembly to clear a controversial Supplementary Finance Bill-2022, generally known as mini-budget, reportedly stated that he wouldn’t vote for the prime minister, Khan, if new fuel connections weren’t given to the folks of the much less developed province.Khattak was elected to the National Assembly from Nowshera-I of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province.The sources stated that on Khattak’s complaints, the prime minister grew to become offended and requested him to cease “blackmailing” him.On this, the defence minister left the assembly corridor however was later known as again by the prime minister, the report stated.After the assembly, the prime minister sat in his chamber for nearly the entire day and met a lot of legislators hailing from his Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and different events within the ruling coalition.According to sources, Khattak was of the view that the province was being uncared for by way of provision of electrical energy and fuel, whereas these services have been being loved by the folks of different provinces.The defence minister instructed the prime minister that if the state of affairs lingered on, the folks of the province wouldn’t vote for PTI, the newspaper quoted sources as saying. However, Khattak instructed the media after the assembly that he neither harshly talked to the prime minister nor hurled any menace of not voting for Khan and had simply simply raised the problem of fuel scarcity and ban on new fuel connections within the province.“Imran Khan is my leader and prime minister and I did not tell him that I will not vote for him if gas connections are not given to the people of KP,” he stated.Khattak stated he left the assembly corridor for a smoke.“I am a smoker and I went outside the meeting hall to smoke,” he added.Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Affairs Shahbaz Gill later confirmed that Khattak had raised the problem of non-provision of fuel to the folks of KP.He stated the defence minister instructed Minister of Energy Hammad Azhar that fuel provide schemes in KP have been being blocked and no new fuel connections have been being given to the folks of the province.After the parliamentary celebration’s assembly, the prime minister known as the defence minister to his chamber the place he once more expressed displeasure over Khattak’s “attitude”, the report stated.Also Read: North Korea fires projectile in third launch this month, says South KoreaAlso Read: Indonesian girl flogged 100 instances for adultery, man will get 15 lashes