PTI Chairman Imran Khan. PHOTO:FILE
In a bid to monitor vote rigging and encourage people to exercise their right to vote, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has initiated a volunteer change programme titled, Tabdeeli Razakar.
The programme devised under the slogan, ‘one booth 10 youth,’ is to officially start ground activities after the youth convention to be held in Karachi today. Insaf Student Federation (ISF) central joint secretary, Alamgir Khan Mehsood, made the announcement on Friday, saying that, “Under the programme, volunteers would ensure that election fraud does not take place.”
The programme, which is already operational in Islamabad and Lahore, PTI wishes to mobilise a million volunteers from across the country. The number of volunteers in Karachi alone has already exceeded the 100,000 mark, he declared. “This will be the biggest youth convention in the history of Karachi,” claimed Mehsood.
Safeguarding the election process, the volunteers will spread PTI’s message through a door-to-door campaign. “Imran Khan’s ideological army has decided to change the politics and system of this country,” he said, “We will make this country a better place to live in.”
PTI will contest the upcoming elections from almost all constituencies in Karachi, asserted Mehsood, while introducing 25-year-old Arsalan Taj Ghumman as a candidate who will contest election from the NA-253 constituency.
On the issue of student politics in universities, he said that the party was preparing to file a petition for the restoration of student unions in educational institutions.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 6th, 2013.
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Rigging in process at polling station in Karachi. My vote was already casted when I got there. Upon questioning the residing office did not even know the process to challenge the vote. upon constant pressurizing I finally got the challenge vote form to fill out and then was able to vote again. However, rigging is going on at at Spring Field school Karachi, for NA-252.
@abcde: PML N wil send 100 people on every polling station? i think you wanted to say 100 Patwaris in every station but that bad thing in this idea is that there aren't that much Patwaris.
@the reality: Namaloom Afraad are also young? And have served the city well right? No?
@Asif Nawaz: Farooq Sattar was elected Mayor of Karachi at the age of 28, the youngest in history.
He still lives in a 100 yard house and has no car (except official) even after serving in numerous provincial and federal cabinets!
Imran Khan is the best choice to safe Pakistan, He will win the game Insha Allah
Once again a master-stroke by IK. GG PTI!!!
PTI all the way !!!
Read em and weep, haters. "25-year-old Arsalan Taj Ghumman" 25 YEAR OLD.
Now that's change. Instead of trusting in Patwaris and SHOs , lets trust youth to ensure clean elections. PTI for Life.
There is a good possibility that IK will not be able to run due to LA Court case.
PTI can pull a big upset in Karachi if the poll rigging is controlled!!
IK opposed the Local Govt bill thus is anti-Karachi . What about the infamous unjustified urban rural quota system .Imran took side with Sindhi nationalists .He even participated in the sit ins against the bill ! LG system was the true democratic mean and tool in a Democratic society .
What about the infestation of Karachi with non local politically appointed SHOs of Karachi ?
We youth of Karachi need the answer first .
Isn't this illegal? What would the PTI say if PMLN decided to send a hundred people to each polling booth? They would say election is being fixed, dhaandli ho rahi hay. Why is it different if the PTI does it?