The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) has empowered its chairman to direct the chief minister to dissolve the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly if the federal government did not verify votes in four constituencies of the National Assembly where the party claims electoral fraud took place in the 2013 general elections. The decision was unanimously passed on Wednesday evening.
There had been a hue and cry in the K-P Assembly after PTI chief Imran Khan’s statement on Tuesday in which he said the assembly would be dissolved if the government did not meet the party’s demands.
A PTI leader, who was present at the meeting, said the question of dissolution was discussed in detail on Wednesday. He added that the committee has fully empowered the party chairman to issue directives to the chief executive of the province as head of the party and therefore there is no second opinion on the matter.
The core committee meeting was chaired by Imran Khan at his Bani Gala residence. “We are demanding recount in four constituencies. We’ve submitted documentary evidence of massive rigging and are not going to accept anything less than recounting of votes,” the PTI official told The Express Tribune.
The PTI has been building pressure on the government to verify votes in constituencies, particularly four National Assembly constituencies, where the party believes its mandate was stolen.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has written a letter to National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq asking him to form a parliamentary committee comprising members from both houses of parliament and from every political party for electoral reforms.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 26th, 2014.
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@Adnan Siddiqi: why aren't Punjab and Sindh allowing IDPs iin the province? Why wasn't the KPK Government informed about the operation and the chief minister found out through television? Anxiously waiting for you to enlighten me.
Go Ahead Imran Khan, Pathans, Sindis, Balochs and Punjabis (alot of them) are with you.
All foreign investors are fighting to invest in KPK. All investers are struggling to get the visa to fly to KPK and Pakistan embassies are short of staff to process the visa. Many Pakistanies are surrendering their dual nationality or foreign nationality to support IK. Even Pakistan is looking to grant immigration to foreign investors who would invest $100Million. But Govt. of Pakistan fears that the population of Pakistan would doubled up in 5 years.
Stop day dreaming Mr. IK. What have you achieved in KPK in (3)60 days?
Imran Khan is so living in the past, while the world has moved on. I remember such threats and "dhandli" slogans coming out of 90s elections. Most PTI supporters probably weren't even born then. What about PPP and ANP, whose election campaigns were stalled by TTP, one whose implicit support was done by IK through spreading confusion? All parties have suffered one way or the other. But IK has no clue of national priorities, and he wants his bruised ego balmed. After all he promised "clean sweep" to party supporters, and now when it didn't happen, he can't just seem to accept the reality that people of Pakistan simply didn't vote for him.
Perhaps this could be the reason that the Dear Chairman woke up and smelled the coffee. I've said it before and I'll say it again, IK can be a great investment banker for he has the ability to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars at a $5,000/plate gala and fundraising gigs and then channeling that money through dubious accounts in Cayman Islands, ultimately enriching himself with these funds and spending heavily on dharnas and disco deewanay gigs across Punjab. One thing he is not...................a POLITICIAN! I though he was a wannabe but even a wannabe has enough sense to think first and shoot later.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-2-258495-JI-not-with-PTI-on-dissolution-of-assemblies
PTI is completely failed in KPK due to bad governance and corruption of PTI ministers.
I feel pity for PTI lovers who are madly following such an immature and selfish leader.
As expected folks, the legendary U-Turn is about to take place as Kaptaan has backed away from his claim of dissolving KPK Assembly:
http://e.dunya.com.pk/detail.php?date=2014-06-27&edition=LHR&id=1141057_13296600
I pity the trolls, dimwit, knuckle headed cult worshiping herd of following a person of such low character who occasionally moonlights as a politician.
Undemocratic and an insult to the electoral process and the institution of the provincial legislative assembly. It is the chief minister and his cabinet who should decide on whether to dissolve the assembly and call new elections, not the party leader. This is the same as Asif Zardari calling the shots behind a puppet PPP prime minister (Gilani/Ashraf).
And absolutely agree with the comment that dissolving the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly over a dispute over federal seats in Punjab is ridiculous. It goes to show that either Tehrik-e-Insaf is unable to govern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa or is willing to sacrifice the province's confidence in it for the sake of point scoring in its federal battles. What a disappointment.
PTI is loser all the way.
KPK is suffering due to this empowered Chairman. He is the most immature and selfish politician on this holy soil.
Government and army is busy in fighting a difficult war against terrorists. But Imran and Qadri are busy in doing politics. Biggest shame for these two. I humbly request Express Tribune to please not provide coverage to these two parties.
Nawaz Sharif is the only hope. IK is an absolute disappointment.
Bring a move of no - confidence and change government in KPK. Last I check JUI + PMLN had enough seats to pursue others. Offcourse a bad thing but PMLN gave PTI enough to run KPK govt but if they don't want to run, sure, PMLN should run.
The PMLN governor may or may not take advice from KPK CM to dissolve assembly and I am sure he wont dissolve.
Khan Sahib, please try to talk some sense. There are more than 400,000 IDPs in KP, the Pakistan Army is taking on some of the fiercest Taliban groups, TTP, Haqqani Network and Hafiz Gul Bahadir.
Your government is spending huge money on development projects in Peshawer (just like PML N in Lahore and a Metro Bus project).
You're creating political unrest by your statements, dharnas, and threats of resignations.
This is the time to unite not divide! Why int he world would you make such a move given the circumstances. What are you trying to achieve by working against Pakhtuns and Pakistan as a whole?
No hope from Imran Khan. Alla hopes from Nawaz Sharif. Imran should stop fooling the nation and focus on KPK.
People of KPK voted for PTI for performance. They did not vote for dissolution of Assembly. Biggest shame for PTI and Imran.
PTI failed in KPK. They have no other option. They cannot run a small province. How can they run a country?
@Nida Alvi - KPK people elect their representative that is why they elect different if previous one didnt perform, unlike Punjab and Sindh where DCO and Patwaris select government.
@ Malikpur You have guaranteed again and again a reality check is needed. You said those by-elections were won early in 2013... Hello reality... the last one (PP-107 Pindi Bhattiyan) was held on 29th March, that is less than a month ago, another one (PK-86 Swat) was held on 24th April, about 2 months ago. Secondly, you said that the seats they won were inherited seats of persons who contested ...Well hello reality again... NA-25 and NA-27 were inherited seats of non other than Molana Fazlur Rehman, they were never inherited by anyone who contested from PTI there, in fact NA-27 was lost by Molana Fazlur Rehman after 52 years..and PP-72 Faisalabad was lost by PMLN for the first time since 1988, the PTI candidate Khurram Shehzad was elected for the first time there. So is your guarantee worth it?
PTI will lose its credibility by dissolving KPK Assembly. Before doing this, he should keep in mind that KPK people never reelected any Political Party which remained in power. General public guess is after the next elections, he will quit politics.
@realist: I don't think there is any other way. This government is continuing to crush the weak. The people who oppose Imran Khan do not listen to his words and actions. They are coherent and are turning drastic as a deaf ear is turned to them by the government. Though now, the government opened up NA 118 and we can see that even in the PML-N stronghold there has been a record rigging which makes it clear that their mandate is false. Nawaz Sharif and his family are felons, with huge money laundering and corruption under their belt. The likes of them will never want conflict of interest laws coming forth. Though I agree to the point that Imran Khan has several party members who have done corruption in the past but sooner or later I believe they will be let go of and prosecuted. PTI's struggle against rigging is legitimate and constitutional and does have the potential to overthrow the government.
@Malikpur - Janderbari - Abbottabad: It's weird that you say that because most of the people from KP are happy with the performance. Even independent surveys and TV anchors are proponents of this fact.
@LHR:
Brother, going by past experience - You know for a fact that he will take a U-Turn shortly. ;)
He cannot dissolve KPK assembly unless PTI's allies agree as well. He forgets often that he has got only 35% seats in KPK and 65% are held by rest of the parties. In case PTI tries to dissolve KPK assembly then its quite possible that PTI allies prefer to join with opposition to form a govt and PTI even loses the 35% it has got.
I hope he doesnt take a U-turn on this one!
Though PTI may have legitimate demands, the threat of dissolving assemblies is not a good one. It can set a dangerous precedent.
@Malikpur - Janderbari - Abbottabad:
Sirji, I hope y'all realize that winning over or ruling KPK was never the aim or the goal of PTI and IK. The leader of the occult's ultimate aim was to ba-nafsay-nafees don that Sherwani with a Jinnah Cap and take his Prime Ministerial oath from his mentor and closeted supporter Asif Zardari and in that auspicious occasion, IK would have simply loved to see his other mentor and financier Gen. Pasha sitting in the midst of diplomats and other elite guests.
However, fate had something to the contrary etched for IK and the fella has been carrying that contempt buried deep within himself since 11th May, 2013.
@FromAcrossThe_Border:
He has got more then he deserves. The guy won a solitary seat from across Pakistan back in 2002 and now has close to 100 seats in all assemblies.
Imran Khan's politics before the elections - Anti NS and AZ, after the elections - Anti NS and AZ. He should concentrate on good governance in KPK, instead of continuing to do politics based on criticizing others...He is definitely doing politics and no policies for betterment of KPK. This I am saying being a voter of his party...Mend your ways please Khan Sahib and stop behaving childish..Your strange politics may cost Pakistan a lot. I liked your party but Pakistan is way above your party and your own charm....
Not a good precedent by PTI to give open authority to the party chairman, I supppose.
@Omar Ali: all naunahalan-e-inqulab living in fools paradise, thinking that what your leadership saying is true. We live in KPK and experiencing "naya" Pakistan.... I again guarantee PTI will never be elected in KPK again!
@ Nida Alvi Politics in Pakistan changed alot
@ The Failed Rebel Right on!
Who gives him the right to dissolve Pakhtoonkhawa assembly on the matter in 5 NA Punjab constituencies? If he think rigging in these constituencies than why not his party MPAs resigned from Punjab Provincial Assembly or National assembly to build pressure on Federal govt. why he wants to destabilize only Pakhtoon and Pkhtoonkhawa govt. If he act like this, pakhtoon will never forgive him.
Imran Khan has a chance of bringing change in KP. PTI should focus on improving condition in the trouble province. If they deliver and perform better there, they will have improved chances of winning next elections in other provinces and center. PTI should not turn itself in AAP.
@Nida Alvi: There's always a first time for everything!
@Adnan Siddiqi:
"The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you shine on it, the more it contracts"
One must applaud your fervour and tenacity in fighting an increasingly losing battle. Good luck to you defending the indefensible!
@Usman: I cannot help but admire the fortitude of this guy Imran. Anyone else in his position would've given up by now, judging from the comments of the so-called elite - not just on this post, but also elsewhere. I absolutely hated Imran for his guts/excellence on the cricket field, but can only sit outside and admire his determination to stand up for principles above anything else. You guys are truly blessed to have a selfless leader like him. I pray that he gets the justice that he so fully deserves.
@ Nida Alvi Things change for good. Stop living in Past plz
@FromAcrossThe_Border: Couldn't agree more. Defending rigging with good English is a solely Pakistani domain.
Imran Khan and his PTI must know that the people of KPK have never re-elected any political party in government. 1988: PPP (CM: Aftab Sherpao) 1990: PML (CM: Mir Afzal Khan) 1993: PPP (CM: Aftab Sherpao) 1997: PML (CM: Sardar Mahtab) 2002: JUIF (CM: Akram Durrani) 2008: ANP (CM: Amir Haider Hoti) 2013: PTI: (CM: Pervaiz Khattak) IK & PTI should think before its too late!
@ Adnan Siddiqi , better luck next time , you ve miserably failed to defend PML N.
@Ebad: That was case of early 2013 and bythe way these seats were not due to PTI rather these were inherit seats of person who contested. In PTI all opportunists gathered therefore no chance for any betterment..... Again I GUARANTEE.
@The Failed Rebel: My friend I don't belong to any party rather I was supporting Imran khan during last year election but now regret my decision. Secondly, I am living in KPK and experiencing what is happening there. Where as bye election winning is concerned it was a year back just after election and PTI didn't won these seats rather people who contested they inherit their seats. Now the situation is different....whereas you said Imran Khan inqulab is for every one; let me clarfy you that we have already seen naya Pakistan in KPK, Pervez Khattack brought entire family in govt, Asad qaiser brought even far relatives into govt, Azam Swati, and so on... if you think inqulab is possible through team which is leading PTI I am sorry bro. no chance they all are opportunists and already been in govt since decades ....
IK due to incompetence and internal revolts wants to resign from KPK,
15% education budget utilize .its a crime 12 children killed due to expired injections NO FIR 11 labour killed in DI khan from sugar mill sewarage .NO MEDIA COVERAGE
IK is a cricketer and no more
@ Adnan Siddiqui What about RAPE and SUICIDE cases in Punjab and people who died from dengue. Where is your resignation ?
@ Adnan Siddiqui Stop up with your non sense plz. You guys are exposed badly, don't defend yourself with stupid logic
These ought to have been enough reasons for KPK Assembly to have diluted a long time ago:
http://www.dawn.com/news/1032777 http://tribune.com.pk/story/607734/fifteen-dead-in-suicide-attack-outside-peshawar-church/ http://www.dawn.com/news/1080926 http://www.nation.com.pk/national/16-Mar-2014/anp-claims-10-pti-ministers-involved-in-corruption-of-sehat-ka-insaf-project http://www.thenewstribe.com/2014/06/01/two-more-children-mysterious-die-via-anti-measles-vaccines-in-kpk/
News on express tribune: 'Rigging charges: NADRA concedes ballot stuffing in NA-118 constituency'
IK considers KP Government and KP people's love insignificant. He is not happy as long he gets the Punjab and National Government. So disappointed by IK's immature politics.
@Ebad: You must not pay heed to paid commentators or the ones whose families is involved in PML-N politics. They will keep following injustice and never get to the root issues. I, personally, would never blame any paid commentator, economy is tough, and whatever means are necessary a man is to feed the bellies of the dependents. Let them go, and if you have a big heart, accept their stance, just so that they can earn more :) The struggle of PTI is not for a specific class of people, it's for everyone, it's even for the generation of the PML-N voters who cannot see that their 2 successions are under crippling debt. We will struggle, and if necessary, fall, but never capitulate. Pakistan Zindabad!
TK is realizing it not being his plate at all to govern Pakhtunkhwa, he was day dreaming about becoming PM and running the entire country with his "empty drum" character. He can't rule and neither his gang in Pakhtunkhwa, whats the output in one except for dharnaas and dramas? they are awful and renaming things and saying they are starting these like the PM health program renamed as seheth ka insaf. how many universities, colleges and schools they established? how many students are coming out of them? stop being acting like mulahs and lecturing. give figure. They are unbearable. Dissolve the assembly and we will see how many Pakhtuns vote you again
@ Malikpur In a parallel universe, PTI has triumphed on PLMN's seats in Punjab (PP-72, PP-243, PP-247, PP-107) which it won in the general elections. And in KPK seats of JUIF (NA-25 and NA-27) and PMLN (PK-86) have been won. But all this doesnt matter. What really matter is that you have 'guaranteed' that they wont win anything next time.
Can someone explain if KP Assembly dissolved what will be its impact on federal ? whats constitution says?
@ Adnan Siddiqi The other side of the fence? Really? In Punjab alone, your so-called party has ended up on the other side of the fence on 5 different occasions in by-elections after it vacated those seats due to rigging, fake degree or other reasons. No wonder that side of the fence belongs to losers.
From some of the comments above, it seems that Pakistan is the only country where the "educated" class is content, rather happy, with those who come to power with a proven, stolen mandate. What a country!!!
IK logic...
Couldn't perform in KPK...lets dissolve the assembly. ..and throw all the blame on Govt...
He could have gained more support and clean sweep in next elections but Alas he is a BIG Disappointment Always...
Let him dissolve the assembly and held election on vacated seats, I guarantee he will not win even a single seat in next election. His performance is nil in KPK......
@ Adnan Siddiqi: As if the ECP, SCP or the Election Tribunals are free from coercion, bribes, undue influence and pressure from the Fed Govt. The influence of the N on the various Govt. institutions in Punjab is the basic reason they were able to pull off such massive rigging.
N btw PTI is not using the KP budget for their dharnas its party's own funds for such activities. PTI's govt. in KP is doing what its means allow it to do for helping the IDPs.
Perhaps the Fed Govt. with all the briefings from the Army/Intel Agencies should have had a contingency planning for the effects of operation on the FATA population.
@Adnan Siddiqi:
You're being sorely missed on the other news article where it is reported that NADRA has admitted massive levels of fraud in NA-118 in favour of PML-N. Please come and share your valuable opinion.
He will be a fool and will never gain a small spec of power again. and his destiny would be like AAp in india
@Faisal Anwar:
The state is there to provide support to these IDPs. I was referring to @Sana Farooq who was under the opinion that an individual or a party is responsible for the well being of those displaced.
@Omer Ali,
This is great news if two cases have been exposed in Lahore and Kasur, All the more reasons that ECP should declare the elections in these constituency null and void and call for re-election. The bad news is that PTI would still end up on the other side of the fence, the other side belongs to losers.
@nyc,
I am trying my best to expose the trolls and sheep herd followers of the cult.
@Junaid: IK has done nothing? Maybe you should ask the KPK police how much better their life is now, or maybe ask students studying there how it feels to hold books that aren't decades old. Or maybe...go visit the free cancer hospitals IK has open.
If he is soo ineligable to carry out polotics it is not populations responsiblity to carry him on our shoulders I was promised 60 day change Where is that change, its been a year
IK is an epic U turner in all sense he never ever take this decision at least till the war is on..............federal govt has enough capabilities to handle the IDPs issue.......with the will of people of the area.
imran statement is only political rhetoric with no support within the elected members of kpk of his own party, he just threatening his kpk elected members to streamline
imran is a epic Uturner in all sense he never ever take this decision at least till the war is on..............federal govt has enough capabilities to handle the IDPs issue.......with the will of people of the area.
imran statement is only political rhetoric with no support within the elected members of kpk of his own party, he just threatening his kpk elected members to streamline
So he is going to dissolve kp assembly over this petty issue, though commitee for reforms has been created,is itself a testament to the incoherent thinking of imran khan
@Adnan Siddiqi I love seeing you struggle to defend PMLN thugs. Keep doing what you're doing. It only makes all the anti-PMLN people look smarter
@ Adnan Siddiqui Two NEW rigging cases exposed. One in Lahore, other one in Kasoor and you are uttering nonsense here without any valid justification
@ Adnan Siddiqui Your Nawaz Shariff is richest person in Pakistan. Think before you comment. What about their pockets. ??
imran is a epic liar in all sense he never ever take this decision at least till the war is on..............federal govt has enough capabilities to handle the IDPs issue.......with the will of people of the area.
imran statement is only political rhetoric with no support within the elected members of kpk of his own party, he just threatening his kpk elected members to streamline
@Sana Farooq:
Sister, you know what would be really nice if PTI instead of diverting the precious public funds of KPK to the dharnas and disco deewanay shows in Punjab; should channel those funds to the well being of the IDPs'.
Please tell your leader to request the likes of Jehangir Tareen, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Moby, Goldy, Ash and Dash to empty their big pockets for these IDPs'
IK should stop whinning about re-counting. If he wants recounting then it should take in all constituencies even where he won. I voted for PTI but all the party has been doing for the past year is complaining about one thing or another. PTI will never dissolve their assemblies in KPK. Since IK knows he can never become the PM, these are just tactics to destabilize the current government. Someone please put some sense in Mr Khan.
We are proud of PTI. We do not want to read and write essays till the next elections of what's wrong in the country, we actually want to pressure the govt. to bring reforms in the democracy. Neither are we asking the moon, unlike PAT Chief TuQ who has no plan or idea of what he wants, our demands are clear and are in favour of strengthening democracy in the country.
@Frank:
By just adding a few words into a sentence in English and posting it on a newspaper blog does not necessarily make a genius out of anyone, including you. Please educate yourself first and after having done so you'd realize that the government and ECP has no say in this matter and it is purely the domain of Election Tribunals to deliberate on such matters. On the contrary it should be Mr. Imran ul Qadri who should be afraid because the word is that the forward bloc in KPK Assembly will be activated and instead of dissolving the KPK government, it will be PTI itself which will get booted out from the assembly.
Great decision. I am waiting for comments from N league party supporters. Their party do have alot of money for Metro Bus project, but they cant give money to IDP's because no vote bank is involved there. What a SHAME !!
IK is our only hope. May Allah protect him always