Promises that Imran Khan has made for ‘Naya Pakistan’
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Creation of 10 million jobs within five years
Construction of 5 million houses; development of 1.5 to 2 million urban and 3 to 3.5 million rural housing units
Providing income support to 8 million families, upscaling Sehat Insaf Card Programme to provide access to quality healthcare to citizens, especially the poor.
Reviving at least 100 industries
Establishing at least 10 technical universities in Pakistan to provide skills to the youth
Initiating a “10 Billion Tree Tsunami” spread over 5 years
Put Pakistan in the top 100 economies of the world according to the World Bank’s doing business rankings in five years
Developing 20 new tourist destinations in 5 years; 4 each year
Empowering Balochistan and reach out to the Baloch leadership and the disgruntled Baloch groups
Creation of South Punjab province on administrative grounds and lifting its 35 million people out of poverty
Promotion of tourism, manufacturing industry, small and medium-sized businesses
End regional disparities by implementing the merger of FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Giving development programme for women, expanding social safety net, providing clean drinking water by implementing national water policy
Bringing the looted wealth back to Pakistan
Bringing madrassas into the national mainstream by public-private “adopt a Madrassa scheme”
Formation of national security organisation, introducing reforms in foreign policy and creating a detailed national security policy
Introducing Pakistan wealth fund for Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Pakistan Steel Mills and power distribution companies
Creating ‘council of business leaders’ to improve Pakistan’s global business standing
Reforms in primary and secondary education have shown that public schools can attract students away from private schools.
Nationwide literacy programme to engage 50,000 youth volunteers to teach literacy in exchange for university credits
Ensuring 2% job quota fulfilment for differently-abled persons
Bilateral strategic dialogue with India
Not allowing Pakistan’s territory or people, including the armed forces, to be used by any other nation for promoting terrorism or for destabilisation of any other state
Full autonomy for NAB to eradicate corruption, cooperation with judiciary to dispense the backlog of over 2 million pending cases
Protecting the civil, social and religious rights of minorities; their places of worship, property and institutions as laid down in the Constitution
Increase women’s access to education, healthcare, economic opportunity and legal protection
Reforming FBR and increase the tax net through a robust tax policy, efficient tax administration structure and effective enforcement mechanism
Completing electrification of rural areas, solving circular debt issue through reducing transmission and distribution losses, and implementing plans to harness natural resources towards a greener energy mix
Making sure ensure that local Pakistani businesses are fully involved in implementation of CPEC project and policy, creating solid two-way linkages with China