Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has made bold claims regarding his government’s performance, asserting that no federal or provincial administration in Pakistan’s history has collected as much revenue as his in such a short period.
In an exclusive interview with Samaa TV on Monday, Gandapur revealed, “I challenge anyone to show me a government that has collected more revenue than mine. We’ve collected Rs2.5 billion, and that’s just the beginning.” He emphasized that he is not only competing with current administrations but measuring his performance against the last four terms of past governments. “In one term, I have to outperform four,” he confidently remarked.
Criticism of Political Rivals
Gandapur also took aim at Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, mocking his electoral defeat. “He lost from his own constituency and still calls himself a leader. His election guarantees were forfeited,” the chief minister stated.
PTI-led Movement to Begin August 5
Shifting his focus to national politics, the KP chief minister confirmed that a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led movement will commence from August 5, as per the party’s plan. He stated that the party founder had advised beginning the movement after Muharram, and preparations are now underway.
Gandapur clarified that the decision to issue a 90-day deadline for government action was his own. “Let’s see what I do as chief minister on the instructions of the PTI founder,” he added, without elaborating further on the specific steps he intends to take.
On July 12, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister had issued a 90-day ultimatum to the government, vowing that the party would either achieve its objectives of securing the release of its Founder Imran Khan or its leaders would withdraw from politics altogether.
Addressing a gathering of the PTI parliamentary party at the farmhouse of former Senate deputy chairman Mirza Muhammad Khan Afridi, located near Jati Umrah, Gandapur made it clear that the time for silence was over. “Either it’s you or us who’ll survive. Either we achieve our goal, or we leave politics,” he declared, emphasizing that his party would no longer tolerate what he termed as “state-sponsored oppression.”
