Atif Khan claims Pervez Khattak behind removal of KP ministers.

ISLAMABAD -- Following Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Atif Khan's removal from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) cabinet, he claimed on Monday that Federal Minister for Defence Pervez Khattak is conspiring against him and does not want him to be a minister.

Earlier in a shocking political development, three provincial ministers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) including Muhammad Atif Khan, Shahram Khan Tarakzai and Shakeel Ahmad were removed from the provincial cabinet.

Talking to a private TV, Khan asserted that he knows those who are behind the conspiracies but he will not name them yet.

Shakeel Ahmad expressed that they have never violated discipline of the party in seven years of their service. He said that people should ask the reason from those who ousted them. He added that he went to Hayatabad for a dinner and not a meeting, where Khan, Tarakzai and other few people were accompanying him.

Atif Khan also said that they did not go to the meeting to conspire against CM Mahmood Khan, and they cannot remove the provincial CM when he is backed by PM Imran. He claimed that Pervez Khattak wanted someone else to have the ministry, and the matter is in the hands of KP CM and Defence Minister now.

Tarakzai also refuted the allegations and said that their stance was not even heard in this...

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