He was addressing a mammoth gathering at Sherpao village in the Charsadda district to mark the 44th death anniversary of Shaheed Hayat Mohammad Khan Sherpao.
A large number of the QWP workers from all over the province attended the event to pay homage to Shaheed Hayat Mohammad Khan, who throughout his life strived for the rights of the poor and the oppressed segments of the society.
Aftab Sherpao shed light on the life and political struggle of the Shaheed leader and vowed that the QWP leadership would not rest until the deprivations of the Pakhtuns were removed.
The QWP leader said that the Pakhtun region had been in conflict for the last 40 years. He said that hundreds of Pakhtuns were killed and maimed for life in acts of subversion and rendered homeless.
"The time has come to compensate the Pakhtuns for the losses they suffered. There is a dire need to heal their wounds by redressing their grievances," he demanded. He said the social fabric of the Pakhtun society had been badly damaged.
Demanding a new social contract, Aftab Sherpao maintained that Pakhtun leadership was kept out of the parliament under a conspiracy. "What message is being conveyed through such tactics," he asked.
"We urge the state not to turn a blind eye to the demands of the Pakhtuns as cold shouldering them would alienate them," he noted with concern.
On Afghanistan, he said that the ongoing peace talks between the Taliban and the US should be all-inclusive in a bid to bring stability to the war-torn country. He said that this opportunity should not be missed to end the bloodshed.