PM Imran to chair PTI consultative meeting today
Prime Minister Imran Khan. SCREENGRAB/BBC
The senior leadership of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will meet in Islamabad on Friday (today), under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry, in a tweet, said important organisational and policy matters will be discussed in the meeting.
"I will inform the media about the decisions of the meeting," he added.
Read: After K-P setback, PM focuses on Punjab LG polls
The announcement of the meeting comes less than a week after the PTI faced a setback in the first phase of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) local government polls as the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) clinched the mayor’s seat in Peshawar - the previous stronghold of the ruling party.
A report citing reasons for PTI's loss in the polls has been prepared on the directives of provincial Chief Minister Mehmood Khan.
The ruling party had faced startling setbacks in most areas with the candidates of the opposition parties managing to defeat its nominees.
Read More: Report on PTI’s defeat in K-P LG polls prepared
A day earlier, it was reported that after the PTI’s recent drubbing in its stronghold -- K-P, PM Imran directed the Punjab government to immediately complete its homework for holding the local government elections in the province, saying that he himself will supervise its strategy.
“We want the transfer of power to the lower level. A strong local government system has been provided to solve the problems of the people at the grassroots level,” the premier said while addressing the inauguration ceremony of the Lahore Technopolis, a special technology zone (STZ).
PM Imran said, “The candidates should be selected by taking the workers and local leaders into confidence and all the reservations of PTI workers and the people should be removed.”
PM Imran said that preparations for the local body elections in Punjab must be completed at the earliest, directing the top leadership of Punjab to formulate a plan of action in consultation with the senior leaders.