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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 …
Will IK build Jinnah’s Pakistan, or kneel before bigotry?
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 …
It’s all about energy, stupid!
Islamabad: As all our attention is focused on Asad Umer’s economic wizardry which will lead us to the proverbial Camelot that he and Prime Minister Imran Khan have promised us all along, something is amiss here. Of course, the economic challenges are indeed daunting: turning around public sector enterprises like the Steel Mills and PIA …
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 …
Ridiculous to accuse CIA chief of murder in Nov. 21 drone strike – Punjab Law Minister
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 …
Provincial government turned into a provincial NGO – Fazal Ur Rahman (JUI-F)
Statement “The Provincial government has turned into a provincial NGO (non-governmental organization),” Fazal ur Rahman, leader of the religious Jamiat Ulema Islam Fazal (JUI-F) party said while addressing an education seminar in Peshawar on October 6, 2013. Background During the 2013 general elections, Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) , the party in power in the northwestern …
PTI to end corruption within 90 days – Imran Khan
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 …