Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur called on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday, the first such engagement between the two since Election 2024.

Addressing a press conference in Islamabad on Wednesday, CM Gandapur said that his meeting with the prime minister was a positive start. He was accompanied by Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal and other PML-N leaders.

Gandapur, a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader, went on to add that PM Shehbaz ensured to address the issues of the KP and extended complete support to the KP government.

Gandapur urged PM Shehbaz to politically engage incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan.

“I have asked the prime minister to politically engage with Imran Khan. Political engagement will lead to a political solution,” he added.

Minister Iqbal said that the politics aside, all parties needed to put the state before everything.

He vowed to take everyone on board regarding the multifaceted issues faced by the country, saying that the federal government will also look into the arrears issues of the KP.

It is pertinent to mention that the KP CM refused to attend the oath-taking ceremony of PM Shehbaz after his election as the prime minister.

He also did not meet the prime minister during his recent visit to the province.

On PM Shehbaz’s visit to KP, Gandapur said he was not present in Peshawar during the PM’s visit.

“It’s our tradition that we take special care of guests,” he added.