The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government held the peace jirga at the provincial assembly to discuss the law and order situation in the province today (Wednesday).

The peace jirga began under the chairmanship of Babar Saleem Swati, speaker of the assembly, and was presided over by Chief Minister Sohail Afridi.

Upon his arrival, Sohail Afridi was presented with the guard of honour by the police.

More than 20 parliamentary parties were expected to attend the Jirga, including the Pakistan Peoples Party, Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl), Jamhoori Watan Party, Awami National Party and others.

Speaking to the media, former speaker National Assembly, Asad Qaiser, said that peace is above politics. He said that the jirga was convened to gather all the stakeholders at a single platform and draft a comprehensive plan regarding the peace and stability in the province.

On Wednesday, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) delegation consisted of Speaker Assembly Babar Saleem Swati, Asad Qaiser, Junaid Akbar, and others, visited Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Faisal Kareem Kundi at the governor’s house to formally invite him to the peace jirga.

Kundi wholeheartedly accepted the invitation and expressed his desire to attend the jirga.

On November 6, PTI’s delegation also had a meeting with the federal minister for states and frontier affairs, Amir Muqam. According to the joint press conference held after the meeting, the federal government had accepted the PTI’s invitation to attend the peace jirga for the sake of the province’s peace and stability.