{"id":47319,"date":"2026-04-11T21:04:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T21:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=47319"},"modified":"2026-04-11T21:04:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T21:04:28","slug":"cm-hails-pakistan-brokered-us-iran-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=47319","title":{"rendered":"CM hails Pakistan-brokered US-Iran talks"},"content":{"rendered":"
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi has welcomed recent diplomatic efforts to ease tensions between the United States and Iran as a positive step toward sustainable peace and regional stability, while commending Pakistan’s constructive role in promoting dialogue and peaceful engagement.<\/p>\n

He stated that this has been the policy and vision of illegally incarcerated former Prime Minister Imran Khan since day one, noting that he consistently advocated dialogue over war and adding that world events today are validating his statesmanship and strategic foresight.<\/p>\n

Speaking during a Parliamentary Party meeting at the Chief Minister’s House, Afridi said the growing international preference for dialogue over military confrontation strongly validates Imran Khan’s long-standing advocacy for peace through negotiations, while highlighting what he described as the deep injustice of the former prime minister’s continued detention.<\/p>\n

“History has vindicated Imran Khan’s position,” the Chief Minister said, recalling that throughout the two-decade Afghanistan war, Khan had repeatedly urged the international community to give peace a chance, warning that military intervention alone could never bring lasting stability.<\/p>\n

On the economic front, the Chief Minister accused the federal government of subjecting Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa to systematic financial strangulation because the province is under PTI-led administration. Despite bearing the brunt of the war against terrorism and suffering immense human and economic losses, the province continues to be denied its constitutionally mandated financial rights, he said.<\/p>\n

According to Afridi, the federation owes Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa more than Rs2,200 billion in unpaid Net Hydel Profit, while an additional Rs1,375 billion remains outstanding under the NFC share for merged districts. The total liabilities exceed Rs4,375 billion.<\/p>\n

He added that although the federal government had committed Rs100 billion annually for the development of the merged tribal districts, only Rs168 billion has been released over the past seven years, leaving Rs532 billion unpaid.<\/p>\n

“These figures are clear evidence of deliberate fiscal injustice against a province that has rendered the greatest sacrifices for Pakistan’s peace and stability,” Afridi said.<\/p>\n

“Despite sustained persecution and political repression, Imran Khan remains unbroken and continues to stand as Pakistan’s most popular political leader even from behind prison walls,” he said.<\/p>\n

Despite this vindication of his global vision, Afridi said, Imran Khan remains behind bars in what he termed one of the most sweeping acts of political victimization in Pakistan’s democratic history.<\/p>\n

“Baseless and politically motivated cases continue to be weaponized against Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi,” he said. “Many of these cases have become a mockery of justice.”<\/p>\n

The Chief Minister alleged that the cases are deliberately not being fixed for timely hearings, describing the situation as “procedural hostage-taking through the courts.” Imran Khan’s incarceration has now exceeded 950 days, he added.<\/p>\n

Afridi claimed that the former prime minister is being denied even basic rights afforded to ordinary prisoners, including access to family, legal counsel, personal doctors, and his sons.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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