Get ready for LG polls, Haider tells activists

The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider has asked Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) workers to step up preparations for the forthcoming local government (LG) elections and maintain close liaison with people.

The LG system brings power to grassroots level and also the authority to spend funds, though meagre.

“Huge funds will be allocated to the local government institutions to provide people with basic amenities,” Haider said addressing party workers in Hatiyan Bala on Sunday, according to a Radio Pakistan report.

However, these development funds were not released without an oversight. The local government allocations will be spent in consultation with the local people, Haider told his party workers.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 8^th, 2017.