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Imran Khan

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Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan lands in Beijing on November 3, the latest head of government to seek a renegotiation of commercial terms and/ or focus of projects related to China’s infrastructure and energy-driven Belt and Road initiative. He follows in the footsteps of his Malaysian counterpart, Mahathir Mohamad has suspended US$26 billion in Chinese-funded …

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Promise Tracking

 Promise In order to fulfil its promise of eliminating the VIP culture, the Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) in its first journey towards an austere Pakistan has started chalking out the plan to convert the palatial state buildings into revenue generating entities. Background Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaaf was under immense pressure to open the doors of all state buildings …

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Accountability

Islamabad: I didn’t know the man from Adam. In fact, the first time I heard about him was when a highly charged Imran Khan, in one of his typical emotional public outbursts during election campaign days, praised him profusely and posed the rhetorical question of why he shouldn’t appoint an accomplished economist like Atif Mian …

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Factually

Statement On Nov. 28, Rana Sanaullah, law minister of Punjab, criticized Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leadership in a press conference regarding an official written request PTI filed with the Hangu Police. In the written request – called First Information Report (FIR) – PTI accused US CIA chief John Brennan and the US agency’s Pakistan chief of …

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Promise Tracking

Promise During the 2013 general elections campaign, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan promised that if voted to power, his party PTI would eliminate corruption within 90 days. The Plan PTI’s Pervaiz Khattak, chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, endorsed the party policy and claimed he would eliminate major corruption within 30 days while talking to the …

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ElectionsPromise Tracking

Promise President of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has promised that his party would initiate steps for the creation of Hazara province if voted to power. Mr Sharif made the promise to the people of Hazara while addressing an election rally at Mansehra district. Detail/Background In April 2010, when the highly publicized Eighteenth …

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Factually

Statement Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Chief of Jamiat UIema-e-Islam (JUI-F), has said “People in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) have rejected ‘the Goldsmith Agenda’ in by-elections.” Maulana was referring to his and JUI’s main political rival in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) – in a reference to PTI using a reference to the name “Goldsmith”, the former father-in-law …

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Promise Tracking

Promise In the run-up to May 11 [this year’s] general election; Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan promised – if voted to power – PTI will end VIP (very important person) culture in the country. Plan Spelling out in detail the plan to eradicate the deeply entrenched VIP culture, the PTI research wing – Insaaf Research Wing –  in …

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ElectionsFactuallyPromise Tracking

  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 …

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Factually

  Statement Chairman Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan had stated that 35 percent party tickets would be awarded to youth in general elections of 2013. He made this announcement in a press conference on April 15, 2013.  Background The PTI emerged as a political party claiming to represent the youth of Pakistan. Imran Khan said …

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