present government’s tenure. Loadshedding was still there despite doubling of the electricity tariff, he added.
Imran said in a country where a pregnant woman died after every 20 minutes and over 25 million children were not going to school, the Metro Bus was the government’s priority.
He claimed that Shahbaz Sharif had taken special interest in the Nandipur Power Project which was initiated at the cost of Rs22 billion but reached the Rs84 billion mark without generating electricity. He alleged that the residence of Hassan Nawaz Sharif in London was worth Rs7 billion.
He said the prime minister had caused a loss of Rs250 million to the nation by using a Boeing 777 for his UN trip.
Imran, in his address, pledged that he would not extend false packages to the farmers for gaining cheap popularity. He said he would bring down the rates of all the agriculture inputs through a five-year agriculture plan.
He claimed that the accountability system was very strong in KP and the services of 5,000 inefficient policemen had so far been terminated. He said the local government system in KP had been developed under the provincial finance award, with 30 percent budget allocated to the elected local government councils.
The PTI chief warned PTI MPA Masud Shafqat Rubera of serving him a show-cause notice, if he did not turn up to support Sohna in the NA-144 within 24 hours.
Earlier, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Samsam Ali Bokhari, Ashraf Sohna, Chaudhry Azhar Mehmood, Anwar Pasha and Qari Hafizullah Baloch addressed the public meeting. Former MNAs including Rao Qaisar Ali Khan, Rai Aslam Kharal, Syed Gulzar Sibtain and others were also present on the occasion.
During the rally, Chaudhry Saleem Sadiq — president of the Markazi Anjuman-e-Tajran —announced to join the PTI along with his colleagues.
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