PESHAWAR (Web Desk) – A partial strike is being observed in various cities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on a call given by tri-party opposition alliance against alleged rigging in the province during last month’s local bodies elections, local media reported Wednesday.
The alliance, comprising Awami National Party (ANP), Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F), decided to go ahead with strike call after its first round of talks with PTI-led KPK government failed.
The parties are demanding Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to quit for alleged rigging in the local government elections.
The PTI-led provincial government held a multi-party conference yesterday and set up a committee to negotiate with the opposition alliance. However the opposition parties refused to call back its strike schedule for today.
ANP leader Mian Iftikhar Hussain said that there would be a peaceful protest on Wednesday.
In Peshawar, Charsadda and other cities of KPK, markets remained open, with roads buzzing with public transport as usual.
