Promise Tracking

Promise Pakistan Tehrek-i-Insaf central leader Shireen Mazari while unveiling elections manifesto of the party prior to 2013 general elections promised that her party would establish 150,000 seat call centers that would create 250,000 new jobs.   Background Pakistan Tehrek-i-Insaf (PTI) emerged as the newly ‘populist’ party at the country’s political threshold before 2013 general elections …

Promise: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan had pledged that his party wanted to eradicate poverty. Background: This was stated by Khan while speaking at a public gathering organised by the PTI here to celebrate Diwali back in November 2015. “For us Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a test-case where we will prove that we can provide …

Promise: Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan vowed that his party would adopt effective measures for better education of girls in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province. Background: Addressing a conference in January 2014, Khan had said that weak women couldn’t be able to get their rights; hence education is very necessary for them. “We have to …

Promise Pakistan Peoples Party has promised its voters in the 2013 manifesto that after coming to power, it would raise the adult literacy rate from the current 54 per cent to 85 per cent. This promise was to be implemented at the country level. However, since the PPP could not make government in the Centre, …

Promise To promote the culture of accountability and transparency, the PML-N had in its 2013 manifesto, promised to enact the ‘whistle-blower protection law’. The law provides a safeguard to persons who expose corruption, wrongdoing and other illegalities. Background A Whistleblower is a person who exposes a wrongdoing committed by an individual in a private or …

Promise: PPP had ensured in its 2013 manifesto that when it came to power, it would treat education as a national emergency through effective planning. Background: Before going into the history of the state of education in Sindh, which is as horrid as one could expect, it seems pertinent to discuss the recent incidents of …

Promise: Islamabad: Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) its claimed in their manifesto that Chief Minister Pervez Khattak would stay at his own house to promote austerity but the ground realities indicate a different picture. Background: The PTI, in its election manifesto, had said that the chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa would stay at his own house to …

The Promise Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Pervez Khattak in December 2015, promised, while addressing an event held at Shuhada-e-APS Memorial Library in higher education department Peshawar, that KP government would establish a university campus in each of the provincial districts. The Plan The establishment of public university in each district has been mentioned in …

Promise: While canvassing for the election, Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman, Imran Khan, had promised a 50 percent reduction in government expenditures but unfortunately, it is the PTI that has the biggest provincial cabinet. Background: During the 2013 election campaign, the PTI had vowed to introduce several measures, including a 50% reduction in government expenditures. However, …

Promise: Pakistan Muslim League (N) had promised in its 2013 Manifesto that they would revamp the agriculture research organisations to ensure that there is a sustained increase in productivity. Background: Forty percent of Pakistan’s land is arable, yet the country has an underdeveloped agricultural sector. Although agricultural growth is not a prerequisite for a promising …