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PTI, JI and QWP agree on sharing power in KP

May 15, 2013

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The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and the Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) on Wednesday finalised a formula over the formation of government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to which the JI and the QWP would get three ministries each whereas the PTI would hold the chief minister and speaker positions in the province.

PTI Khyber Pakhtunkhwa General Secretary Shaukat Youzafzai said, “Yes the QWP, the JI and the PTI have agreed on a power-sharing formula and it will be announced today.”

The sources in the PTI confirmed that the QWP would get the slot of deputy speaker, one senior minister and a minister while the JI would be getting two ministers and a senior minister’s slot.

The PTI would also be announcing the names of the leader of the House shortly and will retain the speaker’s slot as well.

“No we have not yet finalised the names of the chief minister and the speaker but yes we will be retaining both the slots,” Youzafzai said.

PTI leaders Pervaiz Khattak and Asad Qaiser are both engaged in power struggle for the coveted slot of the KP chief minister and a decision with regards to who would head the PTI’s rather inexperienced government is still awaited.

The sources also said one of the coalition partners of the PTI had shown reservations on the name of Pervaiz Khattak so the PTI was mulling over the name of another candidate, probably Asad Qaiser, which would be finalised after PTI chief Imran Khan approves the name later on Wednesday.

Yousafzai also confirmed that they had a strength of 67 members and the modalities for the government would be announced soon.