Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday said KP Minister for Mines and Minerals Ziaullah Afridi, who was arrested by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission on corruption charges, will have to resign from his post to clear himself of the charges. "Ziaullah Afridi has put in a lot of work for the PTI and I was very disappointed after learning about his arrest by Estesab Commission," Khan said. "But I had promised that our government will not interfere in Commission's work and let me make it clear that the KP NAB is the only impartial body in the entire country," said the PTI chief.
Talking to media persons after an intra-party meeting in Islamabad, Imran Khan said the KP NAB was not like the federal one, whose chairman had been handpicked by Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari. Imran Khan said he was proud of the fact that his party had delivered on its promise by constituting an independent accountability body in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He said during the party meeting, a committee was formed to scrutinise the selection of nazims in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
"A massive 40 to 45 billion rupees is going to be at the disposal of the local government and we want to make sure that our Nazims have an upright character and can take responsibility," he added. Khan also lauded Rangers' efforts in Sindh, saying their actions had checked crime in Karachi. Imran Khan said that it was also decided during the meeting that PTI members of National Assembly will give back the salaries they received for the period of party sit-in. Responding to a question, the PTI chairman said that peace talks between the Afghan government and Taliban, which Pakistan had brokered, were a positive sign. "The biggest beneficiary of peace in Afghanistan will be Pakistan," he said. Khan reiterated his earlier claims that 2015 will be the year of elections.
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