Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan announced that an ‘accountability movement’ will be launched from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on August 7.
Talking to media persons outside National Accountability Bureau (NAB) office on Monday, Imran said that development funds for the members of KP Assembly have been halted and the funds would only be allotted to local administrators.
“Assembly member’s duty is legislation so development work would only be performed by local representatives and no political interference would be tolerated in this regard,” he added.
Imran said that local administration would be provided with Rs 33 billion developmental funds.
He said that the KP Assembly would approve legislation in this regard during its next session.
The PTI chairman warned that strict action would be taken against party discipline violators. He also announced a reward for identifying corruption in government institutions.
“Whoever points out corruption in government institutions would be rewarded with 25 per cent of recovered amount,” he said.
He further said the identifiers name would not be revealed.
According to a media report, internal discord and infighting on the heels of recent defeat in AJK elections has set Imran led PTI in a tailspin, raising serious doubts about its ability to mount an effective anti-federal government campaign on Panama Leaks in early August.
Feeling heat of the situation, Imran and close aides have set an ambitious target to settle internal party differences and quell infighting before they kick-start a movement against the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) led government.
Meetings were held in Bani Gala on Saturday and Sunday to put the party cadres in order and come up with a strategy to highlight the achievements of its embattled KP government.
For this, they are ready to roll a few heads to send in a strong signal to all concerned.
Party insiders, however, fear that the PTI is not ready for such a campaign against the PMLN government when its own house is not in order. And that too in a political scenario where the opposition ranks, especially the Pakistan People’s Party, is not ready for a street agitation against the federal government owing to its own political compulsions.
