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Muzaffarabad, (Parliament Times) : While terming the announcement of holding local government elections as a big achievement, Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan has said, has said that the PTI government has fulfilled yet another promise it had made to the people during the pre-electioneering campaign.
The PM made these assertions while commenting on the release of the schedule for elections by the election commission here today. Highlighting the importance of the municipal elections, he said that the elections were being held in the region after a hiatus 32 years. The government, he said, would provide all possible facilities to the Election Commission to hold the LG polls that would open new avenues for construction and development in Azad Kashmir.
Terming holding of municipal elections as a historic opportunity to rid the region of backwardness, he said that despite a lot of hullabaloo in the social media the PTI has been successful in fulfilling the promise it had made with the masses.
Urging the party workers to get ready for the municipal elections, he said, “The workers will have to work jointly and move forward together with dedication and passion”. The road to success, he said, comes through hard-work and dedication and it cannot be achieved by hollow slogans.
Meanwhile, while presiding over the party’s parliamentary party meeting the PM said, “By breaking decades long status quo and political inertia in the country the PTI has generated an optimism and rekindled a new hope amongst the young generation to live independently and raise the dignity of our country”, the PM said.“Over the past 23 years Imran Khan created cracks in the country’s rotten political system thereby challenging the forces who were forcibly imposed on the country”, he said, adding that now the consciousness of the nation has awakened, they have come to know the difference between good and bad.
The parliamentary party meeting expressed its full confidence and trust in the leadership of the prime minister Sardar Tanvir Ilyas Khan. The Prime Minister thanked the members of the parliamentary party for reposing trust in his leadership.He said that unfortunately Pakistan has been a victim of political wrangling that has caused immense damage to the country’s economy. He said that amid this political degeneration, Imran Khan is the person who challenged the political forces that shaken the very foundations of the country.
He said that it was high time for the nation to decide whether it wants to live in slavery or move forward with Imran Khan’s ideology of true freedom. The people of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, he said, have shown their allegiance with IK by voting in favour of Tehreek-e-Insaf during the previous general elections.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan visited different areas of Muzaffarabad city and mingled with the citizens.The Prime Minister on the occasion, directed the Commissioner and Chairman MDA to speed up measures to beautify the capital and beautify the entertainment places.He said that the beauty of Muzaffarabad should be increased by dividing the city into different zones. Stressing on the cleanliness of the city, the PM said encroachments should be removed and the city should be made attractive.
He was also instructed to remove and restore Bara Dari and establish a tourist point there.On this occasion, Commissioner Muzaffarabad Masoodur Rehman, Chairman Development Authority Muzaffarabad Syed Azhar Gilani, Vice Chairman Local Government Sardar Iftikhar Rashid were also present.
