ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Monday that he envisioned Pakistan as an Islamic welfare state which would get the country rid of feudalism.
“I strongly oppose the feudal system and believe in transforming Pakistan into an Islamic welfare state based on the ideology of Allama Iqbal–my ideological role model,” Imran told an inauguration ceremony of a lawyers’ club.
It is important to note that Imran has often been criticised for having feudal political leaders by his side, such as disqualified parliamentarian Jahangir Khan Tareen and Shah Mehmood Qureshi.
He also said that he would strengthen state institutions if he were elected in the next general election, adding that accountability is essential in institutions in a democratic setup.
He also claimed that for a single ticket of the Senate, he was offered Rs 400 million.
Responding to Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz’s (PML-N) allegation that the PTI was lying about the plantation of a billion trees in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), he said that his government had planted more than a billion trees and the project had been audited by World Wildlife Fund twice.
The PTI-led KP government often comes under fire in the mainstream media with reports citing the KP government’s official papers pertaining to the said forestation project, which aims to turn around deforestation and increase the province’s forested area by at least two per cent.
