PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister (CM) Pervez Khattak has said that preparations for upcoming general elections have been completed and PTI is fully prepared for it.
Talking to a delegation of Islamabad-based journalists here at CM House on Saturday, he said that his provincial government was endeavouring to bring the youth on key and leading positions of affairs in all walks of life, rather than keeping them dependent on certain government jobs.
Regarding the defeat in the recent by-polls in Lodhran, he said that the by-poll is no scale for examining the popularity of a political party.
About the March 3 Senate elections, the chief minister said that horse trading will not be allowed in the election. He added that other political parties are only claiming, and the PTI has completed its homework.
CM Khattak went on to say that PTI would succeed in electing its six candidates. He added that they would also get Maulana Samiul Haq elected to the Senate. The chief minister said that he has written a letter to the Election Commission of Pakistan to hold Senate polls through a show of hand instead of secret ballot so that horse-trading could be checked.
About the claim of billion trees plantation, he said that those who have any doubt about it should select the site and we would show them the trees planted according to the scheme.
He revealed that mega entrepreneurship programme of province’s history under impact challenge had been launched to enhance the business-related capabilities of educated and skilled youth, which would bring economic and industrial revolution in the province.
Khattak also said that time had come to focus on the youth otherwise the entire nation would suffer a lot.
The CM also said that 76 sports grounds at tehsil level and 120 playgrounds at different places have been constructed in the province apart from 100 sports grounds developed in various schools. Similarly, he said that two main sports stadiums of Peshawar have been developed and renovated to the level that they will host international championships in coming few months.
He also said that his government worked on eliminating corruption, reducing crimes, bringing transparency in the whole governance structure and eliminating political intervention in public sector institutions. He added that his government’s investment-friendly approach attracted mass scale foreign and domestic investment, making the province an attractive destination for investment.
The chief minister further said that his government had zero level tolerance for corruption.
“With an improved security, reduced crime graph, improved law and order situation, depoliticised public-sector institutions, good governance and above all our sacrifices for bringing back normalcy should have washed away the wrong perception about KP,” the CM said.
CM Khattak also said that his party would stage a comeback in KP on the basis of its performance, adding that this performance would serve as the basis for PTI to win the coming elections with majority seats in the whole country. He was equally certain that there would be no competing political force with PTI in the elections.
