Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) is the only mainstream party that has still not announced its election manifesto.
According to PTI spokesman Shafqat Mehmood, the document was ready for printing and would be made public by the end of this week.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Awami National Party (ANP) have all unveiled their manifestos. Muttahida Qaumi Movement also made a detailed presentation of its manifesto.
Mehmood said the delay in the announcement of the manifesto was not a serious issue because the party had already released several issue-based policy papers.
PTI announced that it would finalise the list of its candidates by April 8 and release the manifesto after completion of the scrutiny of nomination papers.
A meeting of the PTI’s parliamentary board, presided over by the party’s Chairman Imran Khan, reviewed the applications of candidates for each national and provincial constituency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The recommendations of the provincial parliamentary board as well as proposals by the provincial, regional and district presidents were also considered.