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PTI’s promise to convert state-buildings into revenue generating places
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 …
PPP’s promise to enact laws for domestic workers stands compromised
Promise Pakistan People’s Party has promised in its 2013 manifesto that once in power the party would enact special laws for home-based and domestic workers to ensure that the rights of the domestic and home-based workers. Background The issue of domestic workers has assumed a new importance because of the repeated cases of violence against …
PTI disregards its promise of establishing newspaper markets in KP districts
PROMISE While addressing an event of newspapers’ hawkers, Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak in 2016 had ordered construction of newspapers markets for hawkers in all districts of the province, which he ordered should be reflected in Annual Development Program of 2016-17 budget. Background While addressing the event in KP’s district Nowshera back in …
PTI promise to computerize land/ revenue records stands compromised
PROMISE Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan had promised his party would digitize the land and revenue records in all provinces if came into power. Addressing a public rally in Haripur in May, 2013, Khan said that PTI wanted to digitize the land and revenue records across the country and resolve all the disputes related …
PTI’s promise of Peshawar food streets stands broken
PROMISE Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khatak has promised in 2014 said that the city would get Food Street in Peshawar’s Namak Mandi bazaar before Eidul Fitr and it would be a gift to the residents of the city. Background Chief Minister Pervaiz Khatak visited the historical bazaar of Namak Mandi and Gor Khatri …
Public libraries remain neglected as government tenure nears an end
Promise To promote reading culture, the PML-N had promised in its 2013 manifesto to develop libraries at national, provincial and district level, equipped with modern reference tools. Background The trend of having public library has diminished in Pakistan because of lack of interest of people in reading and the declining rate of literacy in the …