PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has said that whoever has read the Mines and Minerals Bill should tell when the Centre was given authority.
Talking to the media in Peshawar, Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur said that it has wrongly be propagated that the authority was given to Centre.
CM said that those who have not read the Mines and Minerals Bill start talking, we have not given the authority and will not give it and no one can take it.
Gandapur further said that more facilities have been included in the health card and that the money will be increased for the health sector in the next budget.
He adds that health cards are being brought for the entire province.
CM further added that regarding the negotiations, the founder of PTI Imran Khan has given a clear message and the founder always said that they will negotiate for Pakistan.
Ali Amin Gandapur said that all stakeholders should be brought together to resolve the issue with Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, All Parties Conference organized by Awami National Party (ANP) against the proposed Mines and Minerals Act of the KP government is underway at Bacha Khan Markaz, Peshawar.
Murtaza Javed Abbasi of PML-N, PPP Provincial President, Muhammad Ali Shah Bacha and Maulana Atta-ur-Rehman of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam are participating in the Conference.
Professors Ibrahim and Abdul Wasi of Jamaat-e-Islami, while Tariq Khan, Farooq Afzal and others from Qaumi Watan Party are also present.
A delegation from the ruling party PTI is also among the participants.
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Bushra Gauhar from National Democratic Party, while Fazal Muqim, President of Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry, are representing the traders in the conference.