He said no one would be allowed to take control of KP’s resources.
Awami National Party (ANP) provincial president Mian Iftikhar Hussain has rejected the increase in petroleum product prices and called for the abolition of the petroleum levy.
Addressing a Jamaat-e-Islami sit-in in Peshawar, Mian Iftikhar Hussain said the government should withdraw the petroleum levy and recognize the provincial autonomy of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
He said no one would be allowed to take control of the province’s resources, adding that the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were facing injustice and showing the world the difficulties they were experiencing.
Hussain alleged that elections had been engineered but said people would continue to speak out against injustice. He vowed to continue the struggle against what he described as oppression and said they would not surrender.
He called for free and fair elections, saying the people would not accept elections engineered according to someone’s wishes.
Hussain said injustice was taking place across Pakistan but described the situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as particularly painful.
Referring to the National Action Plan, he said it was a unanimously agreed-upon agenda and questioned why it was not being implemented.
He said his party would not accept force or coercion under any circumstances.
Hussain also called for an end to what he described as bloodshed for economic interests, saying that if international conflicts could be stopped, such practices should also end.
He welcomed the provincial government’s decision to abolish certain taxes and urged the federal government to also abolish the petroleum levy.
Hussain said people had to come out on the streets to raise their voices, adding that the situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa made it difficult for many people to freely participate in protests.
