Promise Tracking
‘Ministries for Water and Power, Petroleum and Natural Resources to be merged’ – PML-N
The Promise Leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), PML-N, said they will create a Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources by merging the Ministry of Water and Power with the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources to help solve the country’s energy crisis. The plan was promised on page 24 of the PML-N Manifesto. …
National Education Emergency will be declared as part of a “war” on illiteracy – PML-N
The Promise Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PMLN) on page 35 of its election manifesto 2013 promises that a “National Education Emergency will be declared to eradicate illiteracy on war footing basis.” The Plan An educationist and Federal Minister for Planning and Development, Ahsan Iqbal, reiterated in an interview with Truth Tracker that the PML-N government …
Reduce load-shedding within 100 days – PML-N
The Promise Sartaj Aziz, a senior economic advisor to the Prime Minister elect Nawaz Sharif, says that electricity load-shedding would be reduced “to some extent” during first 100 days of Sharif’s government. [Dawn article] [Radio Pakistan] The Plan In an interview with UPI Next, Aziz reiterated that load-shedding would be eased during first 100 …
What the promise fulfillment levels mean
Promises, promises, promises. That’s the sum of much campaigning, but then we hear little until the next election rolls around. Then we hear that the party fulfilled all its promises. It is easy to lose track of these promises, when there are so many – and they sound so great in a rousing campaign speech. …