Promise Tracking

Promise During his 2013 election campaign former Prime Minister, Mian Nawaz Sharif, announced that if he and his party – PML-N – were voted to power, he would launch a bullet train from Peshawar to Karachi. Background Found of making roads and bridges, the 2013 election campaign of the PML-N also resonated with a new …

Promise: Provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) had promised to provide basic facilities to all the government-run schools throughout the province by the end of 2017. Basic facilities included clean drinking water, toilets, electricity and boundary wall. Background: After general election in 2013, Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI) came to power in KP. Situation of education, …

Promise PPP promised to introduce language reforms with stress on mother tongue, national and international languages. Background The language policy in Pakistan, inherited from the British empire, is undermining the effectiveness of state education and excluding many of the poorest from skills and training that could help them break out of poverty. There are more …

Promise The PML-N government had promised in its 2013 manifesto to increase its efforts to take up the education budget to 4 per cent of the GDP, as is the requirement of UNESCO. Background UNESCO recommends that countries disburse 15 per cent to 20 per cent of their budgets on education. The global average is …

Promise: Sindh assembly ever first passed law “The Sindh Consumer Protection Act, 2014” to establish consumer courts in all districts of Sindh on 20th February 2015. Government of Sindh pledged in the draft of bill that after formal assent by governor of Sindh, the act would be enforced at once throughout the province. Around two …

Promise Pakistan People’s Party promised in its 2013 manifesto to use the green economy framework to achieve sustainable development. Background According to the Global Climate Change Index, Pakistan ranks as the seventh most vulnerable country to climate change. The country is predicted to lose $3.8 billion in the long-term. Besides destroying our agriculture with its …

Promise In its 2013 manifesto the PML-N promised to bring Civil Service Reforms to ensure open government through transparency and accountability. Background The Ministry of Planning and Commission and Reforms had proposed certain Civil Service reforms including improvement of the compensation packages of federal employees, Executive Learning Management Course (ELMC) for 1,000 civil service officers, …

PROMISE Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has promised to complete the registration of religious seminaries with the provincial educational board by November 2017.   BACKGROUND In May 2017, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Pervez Khattak had announced during the Inter-Provincial Education Ministers’ Conference that KP government will introduce uniform education system and all of the religious seminaries …

Promise PPP made promise in its 2013 manifesto that when in power they would motivate youth to contribute to the national economy by encouraging them to set up small businesses. Banks will be given the mandate to introduce special schemes to reach out to young people. Background An evaluation of the pledges regarding energy and …

Promise Pakistan Muslim Nawaz has promised in its 2013 manifesto that when in power its government will start an especially designed employment program that will generate jobs at community and neighbourhood level through special development initiatives. Background The country’s job landscape has changed radically over the past two decades. Currently the accounting/finance, sales/marketing and ICT …