Promise Tracking

Promise: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan had declared war against the timber mafia in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, promising to ensure the provision of a hazard-free environment for the people of the province and country. Background: Speaking at a press conference at Hazara University in February last year, Khan had said: “Today, I declare war against …

Promise: Minister for Local Government, Elections and Rural Development of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Inayatullah in May 2015 prior to local bodies’ elections in the province pledged while talking to journalists that his government would allocate 30% of the total provincial development funds for local bodies. Plan: One of key points of the Pakistan Tehrek-i-Insaf (PTI) led …

Promise: Pakistan People’s Party had promised in its 2013 manifesto that it would bring about constructive court reforms especially by introducing the Alternative Dispute Resolution mechanism and mobile courts, once it came to power. Background: The judicial system in Pakistan has been unpopular because of its tendency to dispense delayed justice. The same is true …

Promise: Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) had promised the nation in their 2013 manifesto that they would make the Pakistan International Airlines one of the best airlines in the region once it ascended to power. Background: PIA is a classic case of the failure of Public Ownership. Key reasons for this failure are political interference, excessive …

Promise: Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan had said that his government would establish 10 man-made forests like Changa Manga in various parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Changa Manga is one of the largest man-made forests in the world, which is located in the Punjab province. Background: In his speech to a large gathering at Garhi …

Promise: Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) had promised that it would revive the industry and create 10 million new jobs for the youth by shifting focus to skill development. Background: Unveiling a 9-point industrial policy, a PTI leader, Asad Umar while announcing the industrial policy back in March 2013 had made this promise. PTI Chairman Imran Khan …

  Promise: Pakistan People’s Party had promised in its 2013 manifesto to ensure that women will be inducted in larger numbers to offset gender imbalances in the police force. Background: Women were brought into the police force through legislation passed in 1994.  Following the law, one police station was immediately established in Sindh and women police …

Promise Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) had promised in its 2013 manifesto that upon coming to power, they would make Pakistan Television an independent channel. Background Pakistan Television was established in 1964. It expanded quickly and by 1974, it was broadcasting from Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar and Quetta. Right from the beginning, PTV has been dubbed as …

Promise Pakistan People’s Party has promised in its 2013 manifesto about bringing the infant mortality rate down to 60 per cent. Background According to the Sindh Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2014, the infant mortality rate in Sindh was recorded at 82 deaths per 1,000 lives birth (8.2 per cent). Sindh’s infant mortality rate was 81 …

Promise: Multan: Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan had said his government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) would introduce measures to end the culture of halting of traffic for VIP protocol. Background: Addressing a public meeting in December 2015 after his party member Jahangir Khan Tareen declared his success in the NA-154 by-election Lodhran, Punjab province; …