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Opposition members in KP Assembly call off protest after assurance
National
December 11, 2020
PESHAWAR: The opposition in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly called off the protest after holding successful negotiations with the government team here on Thursday.
The joint opposition have been staging a sit-in outside the Chief Minister’s House for the last three days to protest against the government for not providing them development funds. The opposition members also wanted to lodge protest over the death of seven Covid-19 patients in Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH) due to shortage of oxygen.
However, the opposition members called off the strike after assurance by Chief Minister Mahmood Khan to redress their grievances. The government team comprising Law Minister Sultan Muhammad Khan, Minister for Local governments Akbar Ayub and Minister for Labour and Culture Shaukat Yousafzai held talks with the protesting opposition members.