PTI CEC approves party’s draft constitution

Prime Minister Imran tells party leaders to prepare for future challenges

ISLAMABAD:

The Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has approved the draft constitution of the party, according to which the constitution of 2019 was declared null and void and the constitution of 2015 was restored.

A meeting of the CEC was held on Thursday. The meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan and attended by Foreign Minister and Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi and CEC members, including Minister for Planning and General-Secretary Asad Umar.

Sources told The Express Tribune that the Constitutional Review Committee has been given the task of further amending the constitution. According to the 2015 constitution, a 40-member working committee will be set up, a 24-member central executive committee will be set up and the term of party posts will be two years, they added.

They further said that under the 2015 constitution, the party's election commission will also be formed at the national level.

Prime Minister Imran urged the newly-appointed officials under the leadership of the central secretary general to complete the process of reorganisation to the lowest level as soon as possible.

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Addressing the attendees of the meeting, the premier said that PTI is the “most popular and organised political force” in the federation of Pakistan.

He said that they were moving forward with the “goal of empowering people at the lowest level”, both politically and administratively. He added that in the process of national development, special attention is being paid to the welfare of the poor segments of the society.

“From health cards to cheap ration schemes, the government is spending extraordinary resources on public welfare in the style of a welfare state,” he further said.

PM Imran said that workers should participate in the process of disseminating the fruits of PTI government’s welfare schemes to the people.

He also urged PTI’s organisational leaders to organise themselves at all levels and prepare to face future political challenges.