CHITRAL: Several councillors of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in Brep village on Friday announced joining the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
Naib Nazim of village council Brep-Yarkhun, Purdam Baig, peasant councillors Sher Muhammad, Hidayat Khan, female councillor Mehnaz Bibi and others announced joining the PTI during a press conference here.
PTI's district chapter leaders including Muhammad Qasim, Muhammad Yaqub, Sahib Noor Khan and Haider Nabi were present on the occasion. Those who joined the PTI said that the performance of the party-led government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa attracted them to join the party.
They said the PTI had launched several uplift projects in the remote district while the efforts of the KP government to get share for Chitral in the multi-billion dollars China-Pakistan Economic Corridor was an open secret. Apart from this, the new entrants said that the PTI had approved Rs150 billion projects in health, education and for setting up small power houses in Chitral. Muhammad Qasim and others welcomed the new entrant to the party and presented them with PTI's caps and flags.
Reports indicate that they tried to breach one of gates, harassed staff, and even scaled walls of premises
Nasir praised role of Interior Minister Syed Mohsin Naqvi, who controlled situation with tolerance
A fierce exchange of fire ensued, but culprits managed to escape under cover of darkness
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Bokhari emphasised that cases have been registered against "Fasadis", and no one will be spared
