Promise Tracking
Shahbaz Promises Solar Energy Park in Cholistan
The Promise Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif, in his speech on July 31, 2013, announced various plans to overcome the energy crisis, including building Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park in Cholistan, a desert area on 10,000 acres of land in south Punjab. Background Pakistan has been facing a severe energy crisis and electricity shortages for the past …
PTI to bring White Paper against election rigging
Promise Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI), in early August, announced it would bring a White Paper against alleged election rigging. While addressing reporters at a press conference on August 5, in Islamabad, party chairman Imran Khan said that his party would issue a White Paper on August 16 regarding widespread election rigging in the 2013 general elections. Later, …
Invest more in internal security – PPP
Promise Pakistan’s former ruling party, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), promised on page 5 of its manifesto 2013 that while strengthening the rule of law, coordinated, comprehensive strategies would be devised to ‘Protect the People of Pakistan’. It was further promised that more investment would be made in the police forces, counter-terrorism forces and …
Terrorist acts on rise compared to the past- ANP Chief
Statement “Lawlessness and terror-related activities are on the rise [in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa] as compared to the past”, said Asfandyar Wali Khan, central president of the Awami National Party (ANP). Wali, talking to reporters in his hometown of Charsadda on August 10, demanded that the PTI-led coalition government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa resign on moral grounds …
Revive Planning Commission to statuary form within a year— PML N
Promise Pakistan Muslim League Senior Leader and Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal said the Planning Commission (PC) would be revived within a year to its statuary form of strategizing and monitoring economic development. “The PML-N government has decided to transform the Planning Commission (PC) into a knowledge-based think-tank to guide the country’s …
Political empowerment of women – PML-N
Political empowerment of women – PMLN Promise PML-N promised that it would promote participation of women in national development through political empowerment. [PML-N Party Manifesto 2013 Page 42] The Plan PML-N in Chapter Four of its Party Manifesto 2013, titled ‘New Framework for Social Change’, promised that it would take steps to promote the participation …
Women Job Quota to be Increased up to 20 per cent – PPP
The Promise The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) states on page 28 of its election manifesto 2013 that the quota for public jobs for women is to be increased up to 20 per cent. The Plan Shehla Raza, the Deputy Speaker of the Sindh Provincial Assembly (who belongs to PPP), in an Interview with Truth Tracker, …
PTI promises To reinstate 1112 sacked teachers in D.I.Khan
The Promise The leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf, Ali Ameen Gandapur, promised during his campaign in the run-up to the May 11 general elections that, once elected as member of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, he would re-instate all the 1613 school teachers dismissed from services on charges of being appointed in violation of merit in Ismail Khan. …
KP to generate surplus power in five years- Imran khan
The Promise Pakistan Tehrik e Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan has promised that within five years Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will be capable of producing surplus electricity to be provided to other provinces after fulfilling its own requirements. In an interview with Geo TV, Imran claimed PTI was aiming at making Khyber Pakhtunkhwa an exemplary province for other …
Metro buses to run in all provinces – Nawaz Sharif
The Promise “If we are voted to power, we will run metro bus services in all the provinces,” Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, the elected prime minister of Pakistan, promised while seeking votes during an election campaign rally at Railway Station Ground Mardan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Background The Metro Bus System (MBS) project, at an estimated cost of …