Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (JIP) has refused to ally with the Pakistan Tehree-e-Insaf (PTI) to form a government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Secretary Information of JIP, Qaisar Sharif on Wednesday said that the party had decided to form an alliance with the PTI in the centre, however, he claimed that the latter changed its stance.

He went on to add it was up to the PTI to form a coalition with any political party in the KP.

It is pertinent to mention that the PTI announced forming coalition governments with Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) in the centre and Punjab a day earlier.

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Central Information Secretary of PTI Raoof Hasan announced party leaders and journalists met PTI founder Imran Khan in Adiala jail.

The party also announced making a coalition government with the JIP for the KP government.

Sources had said that the independent candidates backed by the PTI were expected to join the JIP as the two parties made contacts after the general elections.

They added that a three-member committee has been formed by both sides after PTI’s Barrister Gohar Ali Khan and JI ameer made contacts.