We are here to improve living standards, Vawda tells constituents

PTI candidate accorded warm welcome in NA-249, where he is up against Shehbaz Sharif

KARACHI: Faisal Vawda, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf candidate for NA-249, is in for a tough contest this upcoming election. He is up against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz president and former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif.

Vawda isn’t too worried though. He is betting on voters looking beyond the gimmicks of his opponents and choosing him as the candidate for change. “Residents [of this constituency] are tired of parties merely taking turns to loot and plunder their resources,” he told The Express Tribune. “They now want someone who can resolve their issues and PTI is the natural choice,” he said.

The businessman-turned-politician claimed the party wasn’t just in the area for the election campaign. “We are here to uplift the living standards of these residents,” he said.



On the campaign trail, Vawda and his team of volunteers go door to door to raise awareness about basic necessities and educate people about their fundamental rights.



“In the past, elected representatives from these areas have misappropriated millions of rupees in development funds, while keeping the residents ill-informed so that they don’t raise a voice for their rights,” he claimed, adding that the residents had now woken up to this realisation, the result of which would be reflected in the upcoming polls.



“In very little time, I have developed a strong emotional bond with the residents of this constituency,” Vawda told The Express Tribune. “Everywhere I go in the area, I am accorded a warm welcome and people are waiting for July 25 when they’d begin the journey toward betterment by stamping the symbol of the ‘bat’ [the election symbol allotted to the PTI].”

His words rang true for one resident who was among the scores that had turned out to listen to Vawda during a campaign recently. “Faisal Vawda [seems to have] the vision, ability, energy and resources to resolve the issues of our area,” he said.