Altaf Hamid Rao.
MIRPUR (AJK), (Parliament Times) : Azad Jammu Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan, said on Sunday “ today is a very important day in the history of the state of AJK as devolution of power from center to local bodies was going to take place in the region after a long pause of over three decades”.
Talking to reporters in the State metropolis the Prime Minister said “ credit for holding civic polls e goes to the Tehreek-e-Insaf government that remained stick to its principle stand on the issue”, the PM said that as per the vision and mission of Chairman Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan, powers were being transferred to the lower level through local body elections. Holding local elections, he said, will improve the continuity of the democratic process and strengthen democracy.
He said that it was high time that the leadership across the political spectrum should play their positive role to ensure that the elections were held peacefully across the liberated territory.
The PM said that, people should exercise their right to vote with full enthusiasm and freedom and chose their representatives who could work for better and bright future of the nation. ” It is the first and foremost duty of every patriotic citizen to actively participate in the national duty so that the democratic process flourishes”, he said.
Praising Pakistan Army for it’s high professionalism, the AJK PM said, “Our army is the best army in the world”.
Owing to deployment of armed forces he said the elections would be held peacefully. ” Pakistan is a part of our faith and we are all Pakistanis”, the PM said.
About financial problems being faced by the government, he said, ” Due to the cut in the budget of Azad Kashmir by the federal government, the construction and development process has been hindered”.