The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has refused to provide helicopter to the governor for his visit to Dera Ismail Khan, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Monday.
As per details, KP Governor Haji Ghulam Ali asked for a helicopter to fly to DI Khan to accord a welcome to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif who is visiting the city today.
The KP government has turned down the governor’s request on the plea that one of the helicopters is out of order and the other one remains on the standby in case Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has to make an emergency visit.
Sources informed that after the refusal of chopper request by the KP government, the governor is going to DI Khan by road.
The KP government has twice turned down governor’s request for helicopter, sources added.
The governor got another snub on Friday when KP Secretary Higher Education Department rejected his summary seeking end to the forced leave of VC Gomal University after raising objection and sent it back to him.
Governor Ghulam Ali Khan approved the summary seeking termination of Gomal University VC Dr Iftikhar's forced leave for the fourth time after personally hearing him out. He sent the summary to the HED for issuing notification.
However, the HED secretary returned the governor's summary after raising objection on it.
It is pertinent to mention here that Gomal University VC Dr Iftikhar was threatened by former federal minister Ali Amin Gandapur for defying the latter’s unlawful orders that led to the former to seek forced leave.
Reporter Sajid Baloch