ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has approached influential political personalities in Sindh to form an anti-PPP alliance in the province to prepare for the next local bodies and general elections, sources said on Saturday.
After a consultation with the political leadership, it has been decided to invite all such political personalities to Islamabad. It has been further planned to establish a Sindh advisory body comprising of PTI leaders from the province and other anti-PPP political leadership in the province.
It emerged that the plan is aimed at bringing all political forces against the PPP-led Sindh government on a single page ahead of the local bodies elections and general elections.
PM Imran Khan will also hold a meeting of the PTI lawmakers from the province next week to take them into confidence over the strategy.
The development came days after the former chief minister of Sindh, Dr. Arbab Ghulam Rahim on July 01 joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) during a meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) leader and former Sindh chief minister Arbab Ghulam called on Prime Minister Imran Khan here in Islamabad and announced joining PTI.
Speaking on the occasion, Imran Khan said that Arbab Ghulam Rahim’s inclusion will help the party in Sindh. It was principally decided in the meeting to work actively to strengthen PTI in Sindh province.
Dr Rahim also urged the prime minister to visit the Sindh areas and focus attention on Sindh province.
PM DIRECTS FOR EXPEDITIOUS COMPLETION OF ERRA’S ONGOING PROJECTS: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday directed the Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) to complete the ongoing projects on fast-track basis to facilitate the people.
The prime minister was chairing a meeting to review ERRA’s ongoing reconstruction and development projects, PM office media wing said in a press release.
The prime minister was apprised that since its inception in 2006, ERRA had so far completed 75 percent of its total development portfolios of 14,704 projects, whereas 14 percent were currently under construction.
These under construction projects included 885 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 1,214 projects in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
PM Imran Khan presided over a meeting in Islamabad, during which he was briefed that since the ERRA coming into existence in 2006, it has so far completed 75 per cent of its total development portfolio comprising 14,704 schemes, whereas 14pc of them are currently under construction.
These under construction projects include 885 projects in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and 1,214 projects in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
PM Imran Khan directed the authorities concerned to complete these on-going projects expeditiously to facilitate the people.
