Daily Times

PESHAWAR: Rejecting the holding of thrid All Parties Conference on CPEC, Corridor Front, a group of various political parties and civil society organizations has termed the idea to hold another APC on CPEC, was aimed to hide the failure of Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Pervez Khattak, to achieve a single scheme in China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) during his participation in the Joint Coordination Council (JCC) meeting in Beijing.

Addressing a press conference at press club on Monday, Convener of Corridor Front, Dr Said Alam Mehsud, said that the Chief Minister, Khattak had presented around nine projects, but he had badly failed to achieve a single scheme during the JCC meeting at Beijing. He said the Beijing was accepted all those decisions, desired by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Flanked by leaders of various political parties, CSOs including Farid Toofan of Awami National Party-Wali, Ms Farzana Zain of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Olasi Tehreek, Yousuf Anwar of Mazdoor Kisan Party, Zubair Anjum of Jamiat Ulema Islam-Nazriati, Engineer Haider Zaman of Awami Workers Party, Rahim Shah Advocate of FATA Lawyer Forum, Liaquat Yousufzai of Kasht Kar Coordination Council, Dr Mesud also rejected the demand for another all parties conference on the issue of CPEC.

He accused that the joint resolutions on CPEC unanimously endorsed by Khyber Assembly, had become victims of the deal between Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif and Pervez Khattak.

Dr Said Alam said the Corridor Front had shared all details regarding CPEC with KP Chief Minister and asked the Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, the KP Government and they are on same page regarding CPEC, and requested him to call another APC to garner support of all opposition parties on this crucial project.

He said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is constitutional, legally and morally bonded regarding decisions of last two APC on CPEC. If the third APC would call, to endorse the decisions, made during JCC meeting at Beijing, and buried the issue of Economic corridor through calling it as national census forever, Dr Said Alam said.

Besides, he added the Prime Minister should not be held accountable regarding decisions of earlier two APC on CPEC. He said the idea to hold third APC was aimed to hide the failure of Chief Minister Khattak to not achieve any single project during JCC meeting at Beijing. He said some pro-government parties in parliamentarian would also support to KP Chief Minister on his stance, eventually all people would hide their faces, and developed a fabricated consensus on CPEC.

Dr Said Alam said it was ironically that PTI didn’t accept Nawaz Sharif as Prime Minister, and boycotted his speech from joint session of parliament during visit of Turk President Recepy Tayyab Erdagon, and called him as corrupt and looter.

But, he said Nawaz Sharif is appeared in eye of PTI as crystal and clear man regarding CPEC. He said it was visible that a deal between Prime Minister and KP Chief Minister was reached on CPEC, and both parties are preparing to gain votes in Punjab for upcoming general elections, besides to strength the economics of Punjab, economic genocide of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Baluchistan and Fata. He said that Corridor Front would strongly protest against this pre-planned conspiracy against Pakhtuns belt, and should not be allowed to forces in their nefarious mission.

He said they had decided to present the details of proceeding of JCC meeting held at Beijing before provincial legislators and other parties, to timely inform about the KP government stance on CPEC.