ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's financial capital, Karachi, is set to host Prime Minister Imran Khan during the first week of January 2021 for an official visit.
According to sources, PM Imran Khan would also travel to Hyderabad and Mirpurkhas during his Karachi visit where he is expected to meet the PTI officials, as well as leaders of the ruling party's coalition partners.
The premier would also address an event for youth in Hyderabad, the sources added.
Rs400 billion package
Sources within the PTI’s Sindh chapter had earlier told The News that the PM, during the visit of rural parts of the province will announce mega-development projects and meet leaders of the PTI’s coalition partners, MQM-Pakistan and Grand Democratic Alliance, to forge a strategy to win maximum seats of Senate from Sindh.
The visit came on the invitation of the PTI leader and former chief minister Liaquat Jatoi who met Iman Khan earlier this month in Islamabad to discuss the political situation of the province.
Mahmood Maulvi, a PTI Sindh leader and adviser to the ministry of maritime affairs, confirmed that the PM has accepted an invitation by the PTI Sindh chapter to visit the province next month.
“In his Sindh visit, PM Khan will announce an economic package of more than Rs400 billion for the region,” said Maulvi. “Sindh has been mired in problems for several decades and it is the responsibility of the PTI to assist [Sindhis].”
Govt to track down 'sponsored people'
On Monday, PM Imran Khan vowed that his PTI-led government would go after all individuals, including 'sponsored people', who are running a social media campaign against the state institutions alongside foreign agencies.
Referencing a terrorist attack on the Frontier Corps in Balochistan a day ago in which seven soldiers were martyred, the prime minister said the Pakistan Army was a state institution and, therefore, protecting it was a national responsibility.
"We have to give a befitting response to the anti-military narrative," he said, directing his government to ensure the safety and security of the armed forces and other institutions in Pakistan.