PESHAWAR: Former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) chief minister Ali Amin Gandapur on Tuesday said his government-provided security had been withdrawn by the provincial administration and even it was returned, he would not accept it.
Gandapur, who resigned from the top provincial post in October last year, said that KP Chief Minister Sohail Afridi’s deputy chief security officer (CSO) called his security personnel at around 11pm, informing him that the CSO had ordered them to return.
The former KP CM added that he had been provided a provincial government jammer and a double-cabin vehicle, accompanied by 14 personnel. He described how the security personnel had approached him and he instructed them to follow the order.
Gandapur emphasized that even if the government restores his protection, he would refuse it. “I want to inform the chief minister that there is no need to return my security. I do not require it,” he said.
A spokesperson for the KP CM House, however, denied reports that Gandapur’s security had been withdrawn, saying no such decision had been made. No instructions have been issued to relevant authorities regarding this matter, the spokesperson added.
