PTI chairman Imran Khan. PHOTO: FILE
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak has mentioned that it will not be possible for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf to hold local body polls in the province this year.
He made these remarks after attending the party’s core committee meeting on Thursday in Islamabad. The recent wave of terror in K-P province forced the government to procrastinate local body elections, making it difficult for the party to quickly go ahead for lawmaking, the chief ministers said.
“It’s almost impossible to hold local body polls in 2013, we still have to do a lot work on it,” he told The Express Tribune, adding that polls will be held in February next year. We will discuss the proposed laws in a party meeting and then present it to the provincial cabinet next week for final deliberations, said the K-P chief minister.
“Back to back three terrorist attacks in Peshawar have created hurdles in our way to precede lawmaking process on local bodies’ government system.”
Core committee
While addressing the party’s core committee meeting, PTI Chairman Imran Khan linked stoppage of drone strikes with the possible successful outcome of dialogue with Tehreek-e-Taliban.
“Stopping drones is critical in extending any dialogue and peace process,” he said. Even, if a ceasefire is agreed by all parties, drone attacks will derail this process, he added.
PTI remains committed to dialogue and giving peace a chance, observed Imran during the meeting.
The core committee condemned the government’s anti-people economic policies comprising of unjustified price hikes which target the poor and middle classes. It also pointed out a free fall in value of rupee, of spiralling inflation along with unprecedented note printing — 800 billion in under 3 months.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 4th, 2013.
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Der aya duroust aya. InshaAllah bes tever conducted LB elections will be in KPK.
had they wanted to hold local bodies elections like punjab and sindh and balochistan are doing .. they would have done it a few months ago … but KPK local bodies bill is totally different than rest of the 3 provinces .. for first time in Pakistan KPK has introduced village councils .. and also for first time all developmental work will be done by local bodies unlike punjab and sindh where power center will still be provincial govt .. similarly school and health will be under village councils unlike other provnices .. so it is better to appriciate KPK govt rather than criticising them without knowing facts ..
This is a joke! I rallied to gather votes for PTI; and now you are taking the same stand as other political parties. Your pre-election stand was the elections should be on time and law and order situation was the prime responsibilty of the government. Now post-election, PTI is making the same excuse for not holding local body elections
This is a joke! I rallied to gather votes for PTI; and now you are taking the same stand as other political parties. Your pre-election stand was the elections should be on time and law and order situation was the prime responsibilty of the government. Now post-election, PTI is making the same excuse for not holding local body elections.