PTI popularity increasing due to pro-poor policies, claims KP CM

NOWSHERA: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) popularity is rising for its pro-poor policies and reforms in the system. He said this while speaking at a public meeting where several political workers from Bara Bandh, Shireen Kotha and Khat Kiley announced joining the PTI. Those who quit respective political parties and joined the PTI were from Awami National Party (ANP), Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz.

Member National Assembly Dr Imran Khattak, District Nazim Liaqat Khattak, Nowshera Tehsil Nazim, Ahad Khattak and other workers from the PTI were present on the occasion. The chief minister welcomed the new entrants to the party. He believed growing number of people were joining the PTI which clearly proved that the government policies had the masses support and confidence.

Pervez Khattak said that his party was fighting for the rights of the deprived sections of the society. "The PTI campaign against the corrupt elements is the a solid reason for its popularity," he claimed.

The chief minister said powerful people were made accountable due to the efforts of the PTI workers and leadership. He enlisted a number of measures taken by his government during the last four years. "We identified and resolved the problems everywhere in the province after taking over government," he went on to add. He said his government restored merit system in the province and did away with political meddling in the public sector institutions. He said a number of laws were enacted and political interference in the institutions was ended. "The institutions are independently working now", he claimed.

Pervez Khattak said it was PTI chief Imran Khan who gave vision for the facilitation of agenda of change and those who were the real beneficiaries and the poor segment of the society were feeling that change.

The chief minister said corruption existed in other countries, but it was at a massive scale in Pakistan. He deplored that corruption and theft were not considered a sin but a matter of pride even by the elite class in certain cases.

Khattak came down hard on his predecessors and accused them of minting money when they were in power. Elaborating the importance of the whistle-blower law passed by the government, Khattak asked people to come forward and identify the cases of corruption in society.