Imran promises ‘change’ in three months
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ABBOTTABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan has said that the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will witness a real change in their lives in the next three months.
He made these remarks while addressing a public gathering at Pattan Kalan on Saturday in connection with the by-elections for PK-45 Abbottabad, which are scheduled to be held on June 5. The provincial assembly seat was vacated by Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan after assuming charge as governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Six candidates are in the run for the PK-45 seat. However, tough contest is expected between Sardar Mehtab’s cousin Mohammad Farid contesting the elections on PML-N ticket and Ali Asghar Khan, divisional president and central vice-president of PTI.
Imran Khan said that after the local government elections in the province the development work would be geared up and it would be the start of fulfilling the PTI’s promise to empower people at local level. He said that PTI wanted to devolve power to masses to free them from the clutches of the elite class, who were interested only in increasing their bank balances.
The PTI chief said that currently more and more people were going below the poverty line while the ruling class, which had shifted their wealth to foreign countries, was getting richer and richer. He asked the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leaders to bring their own wealth back to Pakistan instead of asking other people to invest in the country. “The rulers should lead by example,” he said.
Regarding the transparency of by-elections, Mr Khan made it clear that they would hold free and fair elections and that win or loss was part of the process.
The PTI chief said that two parties were playing the game of musical chairs in the country from the last 30 years, but now the people had realised that the country should get rid of all those who had plundered the national exchequer. He said that the loot and plunder of national wealth was still continuing and poor people’s funds were being spent by the rulers lavishly on their security and other things like the recent purchase of two vehicles at a cost of Rs220 million.
Published in Dawn, May 25th, 2014
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May 25, 2014 08:51am
Sorry! What PTI has said in the public gathering in Pattan Kalan Distt. Abbottabad is totally wrong. They possesses no practical programe or agenda. He is leveling unfounded allegations on others to achieve their goals.
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May 25, 2014 09:30am
@Tabish Alvi They could not deliver in 12 months what miracles do they expect in 3 months, good joke.
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May 25, 2014 10:10am
He did nothing for 12 months and now once again he promises a further 3 months to bring about change.
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May 25, 2014 10:13am
Timeline khan
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May 25, 2014 10:24am
I wish Imran Khan all the luck. There is one consensus among us that he is not corrupt like the other leaders in Pakistan. What would you all prefer a scheming and conniving party like the rest of the parties or the least corrupt Party like PTI?
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May 25, 2014 10:26am
People who complaint about IK have no solid reasoning. All comments are based on mere confrontation and nothing else. PTI will be a lot better than any other party in Pakistan. Good luck and good Night.
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May 25, 2014 10:28am
PTI doing much better in KPK then all other provinces. The problem that Pakistani just want road structure. Because of this PMLN famous as they know, after just constructing a road they shall get GOVT. PTI working on grass root level to impose better future. Read Gallop survey and stabilization of Health, Police, Patvari system and education at KPK........
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May 25, 2014 10:28am
Mr. Imran Khan...enough of this change rhetoric...if you wanna change....start with your own party...as they say charity begins at home...plz. ask your party's top brass to declare "real value" of their respective assets and inform masses how they amazed such humongous amount of wealth...it will help root out corruption and corrupt leaders from PTI and would provide you moral high ground to spread "Tehreek-e-Insaf".......plz. consider it as a friendly advice from a Canadian well wisher ... -:)
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May 25, 2014 10:43am
@Tabish Alvi --- that is not the problem of the people of the area but the choice of IMRAN khan for his politicking and publicizing himself in those who have yet to play a better part.
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May 25, 2014 11:17am
three months and there would be a change.. you must have a magic wand..please refrain from making the promises that you cannot keep...Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans.
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May 25, 2014 11:24am
He is inspired by Modi's slogan "Acche din aane wale hain"....but sorry Mr. Khan you're in Pakistan where things are so complicated and it's no easy job.
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May 25, 2014 11:46am
Another lie
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May 25, 2014 11:51am
For all who have no faith in PTI - it's simple, go and select people who have made promises for last 30-40 yrs and have still failed. Please carry on sucking the lollipop from the same old guard which just protects themselves and like their kind. OR you can try and look for something new.
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May 25, 2014 11:51am
At least he acknowledged his party has not done anything. Excuse is they were waiting for local body elections to start with development work... hmmm... not sure if it would satisfy peoples around... You cant make all the people fool all the time..... Todays news is that KPK slipped two percent in education... waoooo what a change...
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May 25, 2014 11:57am
I wonder who listens to him now.
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May 25, 2014 12:02pm
Actions speak louder than words. I guess the nation is looking for actions!!
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May 25, 2014 12:07pm
@Sanjeev Yadav India invented a wheel. He started campaigning on change slogan long before Modi, I think his slogan is copied by AAP, and Modi both, but Indian always have to think they did every thing first because they never heard what others in the world been doing so what happen there is first time for them.
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May 25, 2014 12:21pm
PTI has established free education for students with disabilities and also age limit for women in degree programs have become unlimited. Pti has done a pretty good job so far while PMNL is busy in building flyovers, bridges, underpasses, metro buses and buying bullet proof cars. Pmln should first do something about , edcation and eradicating poverty. and then look for building underpassess bridges etc. No doubt that PTI has done a great job in education system
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May 25, 2014 12:53pm
A change for the worse.
We can't believe it can get any worse,
but with IK everything is possible.
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May 25, 2014 01:00pm
Atleast he is better than those who imports luxury cars for 225 million while children die in Tharparkar and other parts of the country
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May 25, 2014 01:07pm
How pathetic of you Imran Khan. There is a limit to lying. You have not done anything impressive in KPK since your party is in power there. Stop fooling around and pay attention to the sorry state of your government in KPK.
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May 25, 2014 01:23pm
Are you serious? Why all these time lines? People are already disappointed on your 90 days corruption, loadshedding elimination plan. We don't want any more of them. Thank you very much.
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May 25, 2014 01:46pm
And now 3 more months
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May 25, 2014 02:00pm
another promise for yet another '90 days' -- as Ghalib would say -- "tere vaaday pe jiye hum.....ke khooshi se mur nu jaatay agar etebaar hotaa"
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May 25, 2014 02:12pm
For most of the people commenting here, roads,flyovers, elevated jangla bus systems are the real sign of development. We Pakistanis fail to understand that its the people who are the sign of development, not structures. Give the common man justice, education, health and security there is nothing in this world which can stop KP from getting the best jangla bus systems, roads, flyovers, and underpasses. And IK is doing just that, the difference is, you cannot see education, health and justice in the form of gleaming structures in Peshawer or elsewhere in KP.
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May 25, 2014 02:40pm
@khanm He has already constructed 300 dams. It's magic, isn't it?
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May 25, 2014 02:45pm
He being a chief patron of TTP could not stop them killing the innocents how can bring positive change in three months. The claim is copy of Shahbaz Sharif's public speech during election campaign when he announced to finish load shedding from the country within six months, which are yet to be started.
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May 25, 2014 03:11pm
In several TV stations , including the ones who attack him regularly, did a street walk survey on TV in KPK. 90% of the people said governance had improved, corruption was down. Some narrated heard incidents of corruption and mismanagement but not their own. It looks like KPK is the only province where lives of the ordinary people are being affected for the better. Like police do not ask for 'rishwat' to register a case. Education dept does not take ' fees' just to register names or certificates.
Give PTI another 4 years and then see the difference.
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May 25, 2014 03:20pm
@Zia I heard Shah Mehmood Qureshi has recentlly gifted his ancestral magic lamp to Imran.
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May 25, 2014 03:22pm
@Uxman I live in Peshawar and confirm every thing in KPK is on papers only.
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May 25, 2014 03:31pm
Imran Khan has rightly mentioned that leaders should lead by example. He should also do so by putting his children in Pakistani educational institutions where he claims a uniform education system has been introduced.
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May 25, 2014 03:45pm
Let us how he improve the system of governance within three months which could not be done in last six decades.
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May 25, 2014 03:58pm
Imran you are clueless.
the Karachiite's flirtations with PTI has has gone down drastically. now they know u can't be their leader.
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May 25, 2014 04:22pm
Promise khan at it again! Someone should ask if they were able to fulfill even one of the orignal 90 days promises. Seems like he is doing this just to get votes. Last month he promised 350 dams in KPK in a by-election rally in Swat.
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May 25, 2014 04:43pm
What about such promises of change in Pakhtunkhuwa.he is skillful only at throwing mud on his rivals,nothing else we can expect from him.
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May 25, 2014 05:12pm
In a year's time Imran will actually start dancing on the stage, PROMISING CHANGE in famous "THREE MONTHS"
Be productive, geezer. stop distracting people for your personal greed of power.
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May 25, 2014 06:39pm
@Sanjeev Yadav
Sorry to correct you. But IK, a global legend, has been campaigning since 1996 when no one outside of Gujrat even knew Modi. Modi has been inspired by IK and has a tougher job of pulling 1 billion people out of poverty.
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May 25, 2014 06:48pm
Cmon people, its pretty clear to me since the very beginning that this man is doing all this for Pakistan. Still no doubts.
FYI: People saying that he has done nothing impressive in KPK are completely wrong, he has done alot more then any other province and most importantly the things he has chosen to touch are really impressive.
anyway i believe critical analysis is always healthy but comparing IK with conventional politicians is a wrong approach. If people of Pakistan dont like IK is the right choice i am fine with it (i am die hard PTI FAN) but choosing one of the old politicians is completely wrong approach .
Good luck IK.
Pakistan Zindabad
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May 25, 2014 07:01pm
@Malik Ajmal Khan
But far more incompetent than the ruling party.
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May 25, 2014 07:06pm
@Blister
I am afraid you continue to deceive yourself just like IK continues to deceive the people not at unlike any other leader. The proof of the pudding is in the eating! If only he speaks a little less frequently but do a little more.
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May 25, 2014 07:09pm
Which three months of which year?
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May 25, 2014 07:51pm
@falcon i feel really pitty for you Ch Perveiz elahi and Ch Shujahat and now IK and PTI
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May 25, 2014 07:52pm
IK is the only leader who can save Pakistan and have the ability to pulled it out of the current mess. He has a vision, sincerity and fear of Allah. PTI is trying to build institutions first and then go after the development work.
People who are criticizing PTI must go and take a look at the changes in KPK. Police, Health and Education system has improved by many folds. Common man is very happy with the development so far. One of the great work KPK has done is the establishment of totally independent "Accountability Commission".
InshaAllah, with the new local system government in place, people will start seeing its benefits by the end of the year.
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May 25, 2014 07:58pm
No one has miracles to change conditions of the country in months. However, PTI has policies of making the nation, not ostentation of building roads and streets. They are making institutions strong, against the prevalent status quo personality-oriented policies.
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May 25, 2014 07:59pm
Really?
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May 25, 2014 08:20pm
How it is possible that Pakistani ruler have undisclosed family ownership of wealth in the amount of billions, their standard of living is way higher than the personal income taxes they, and Pakistani treasury & foreign reserves is basically high interest loans?
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May 25, 2014 08:24pm
@Tabish Alvi Unfortunately PTI has completely failed in KPK. Their leaders are continuously lying about their performance. The bureaucracy is out of control, official vehicles can be seen driven by children in universities even with emergency lights on, the traffic is a mess,
Peshawar is the only metropolitan city
where traffic laws are not at all observed.Since Imran has lost control over affairs, it is anarchy like situation, he is all out to become a political shaheed and the worst part of his tacticts is that he is trying to push Punjab into anarchy.
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May 25, 2014 08:39pm
@Furqan
Delusional. We continue to deceive ourselves. You can not base your politics on a continuous diatribe about the sins of Nawaz Sharif. Or is IK an angel or Hercules come down in his fury to clean the dirty stables of Islamabad? Suggest Imran to select a fresh burden of his song; this one is getting boring.
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May 26, 2014 12:11am
Something wrong with his brain. He never think before he talk. You will see after three months he said i am wrong and now i am right. After three month new statement with no practical ground.
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May 26, 2014 12:43am
he is sinking further into madness
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May 26, 2014 09:56am
@mirza nasir Probably due to Lahore accident.
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May 26, 2014 10:03am
Its foolish to think that infrastructure projects initiated by the N League are meant for performance display only. Get your economics right. Such development projects are needed for economic growth and prosperity. They bring industrial growth and employment in the short term along with a host of long term economic and social benefits. US started the hover dam project in deep depression which stimulated economic activity.
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May 26, 2014 03:00pm
@Usman good answer and it's reality we need education which was not exist in kpk cause of ex gornmt. and we expect from ik. good luck ik and love u
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May 26, 2014 11:17pm
Going through his political career I am convinced that Imran is following Goebbels philosophy!
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May 27, 2014 01:26pm
@khanm yes he is referring to local bodies election as magic wand. once the local governments start working, it would be their job to execute projects at local levels. unlike Punjab where local MPA controls funds allocated to constituencies, in KPK, local government would do this job. so he means don't vote for the sole purpose of development work!
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