Mohsin Naqvi claims Sohail Afridi met officials pr...

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• ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has claimed that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Sohail Afridi used to meet federal officials privately and was reluctant to have photographs taken during their meetings.
• Speaking at a press conference in Islamabad alongside other federal ministers, Naqvi said he had held several meetings with Afridi during which discussions focused exclusively on terrorism and security matters rather than politics.
• Naqvi said the federal government had spent more than a month trying to bring the KP government on board regarding counterterrorism efforts.

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has claimed that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Sohail Afridi used to meet federal officials privately and was reluctant to have photographs taken during their meetings.

Speaking at a press conference in Islamabad alongside other federal ministers, Naqvi said he had held several meetings with Afridi during which discussions focused exclusively on terrorism and security matters rather than politics.

The interior minister stated that an agreement had been reached around four months earlier to strengthen police capabilities in five districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to Naqvi Afridi had cited a shortage of funds prompting the federal government to offer financial support for the proposed measures.