PTI defends KP govt’s performance

The Newspaper's Staff Reporter Published October 4, 2014

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has rejected allegations levelled in a ‘white paper’ by federal government about the performance of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government.

Speaking at a press conference here on Friday, PTI information secretary Shireen Mazari, MNA Asad Umar and four provincial ministers claimed that the allegations were baseless.

Also read: Centre issues white paper on performance of PTI-led govt in KP

The ‘white paper’, titled “A great betrayal in the name of change: performance overview of the KP government (May 2013-Septtember 2014)”, highlighted what the government termed the unfulfilled promises of the PTI.

Provincial Minister for Higher Education Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani told the press conference that when the PTI came into power, there were challenges of governance and corruption.

“We have ensured good governance and passing the bill of local government system was the first step in this regard. The Right to Information (RTI) bill was passed to discourage corruption,” he said.

“The KP government has ensured that Fards (titles) of land are issued in seven days, registration of birth and death is done in two days, domiciles are issued in 10 days and FIRs are registered instantly,” he said.

Provincial Minister for Elementary and Secondary Education Atif Khan said his government was giving priority to education of girls, adding that new schools were being constructed and 70 per cent of them would be for girls.

The minister said that hydroelectric projects were the cheapest and most environment-friendly source of electricity, but the federal government had been offering 29pc return on coal-based energy and only 21pc on hydel power.

Provincial Health Minister Shahram Khan Tarakai termed it strange that the PML-N government had claimed that KP government was not performing well in the sector.

KP Revenue Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur said Rs70 million had been recovered from some officials who had taken bribe from people.

Answering a question, Asad Umar said it was up to the National Assembly speaker to accept his and his colleagues’ resignations.

Published in Dawn, October 4th , 2014

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Oct 04, 2014 07:28am

They can defend all they want the fact is we saw the chief minister dancing on the container for weeks and that also during the floods. Children in KP are under tread of Polio on daily basis but the CM seems to be to busy to take note. If you do want change than change for all and change comes with actions not only words.

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ash_insafians

Oct 04, 2014 07:35am

we trust IK. we believe that schools under construction will be better than traditional government schools. schools will have complete required staff , chairs, a hygenic canteen, a playground ,a common room, and better tiolets.

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Ahmed

Oct 04, 2014 07:39am

Those PTI MNAs who submitted resignations should be barred from ever running for any elections in Pakistan. They have not only violated the sacred responsibility voters placed on them they have supported the brazen attack on democratic institutions in Pakistan by Imran Khan.

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Ahmed

Oct 04, 2014 07:53am

The first year of PTI's (mis)rule in KPK, and thousands of terrorists (called "fellow muslims" by Imran Khan) escaped from prison. The number of children whose lives have been ruined by polio is the highest it has ever been over the past several decades. And the ministers responsible for KPK have been too busy trying to topple the national government by dancing on containers. What a joke!

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Khan-Haqiqi

Oct 04, 2014 07:54am

They can fool only PTI fan club but not general public, PTI has lost its face in KPK , made huge promises with 0 delivery

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ilyas

Oct 04, 2014 08:07am

I am from KPK and I can elaborate on my personal experience regarding health sector. I have 3 recent examples from my home town in Swabi, where 3 different patient were sent to emergency department of lady reading hospital Peshawar. On return, my father inquired about how they managed to pay for services as these were the poorest of the poor. These patient and their family were praising the services and one of the patient family said they spent a total of Rs 1000 in 16 days and this was for their meals. All the medicines were provided free including x-rays, and MRIs. I never see this before and I recalled the days where the hospital technicians make x-rays and MRIs machine not-working in order to get commission from the outside paid service. Now if this is not the change then what we call a change?

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ashar

Oct 04, 2014 08:10am

The voters are sacred but ballot boxes contained trash (check article about NA-125 (http://www.dawn.com/news/1135883/commission-finds-irregularities-in-na-125-election). Buddy, if you know that one is a crook , please accept it. Accept what your conscious tells you. Dont follow PML N just because they gave you a few hundred rps. May Allah give you strength to be honest. Ameen

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One Nation

Oct 04, 2014 08:17am

@Ahmed And what punishment would you like to recommend for those who cheated in the elections and are sitting in the Assembly? And please also share the name of one democratic institution in Pakistan

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One Nation

Oct 04, 2014 08:20am

My driver's home is in KPK and his children now have a school to go to. That is real change.

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Jawad

Oct 04, 2014 08:33am

@ilyas People who choose to be blind ---- can't see these things. Still keep on trying. One day--- if not them , then there kids will see.

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Zain

Oct 04, 2014 09:21am

PTI has failed to deliver. I live in Peshawar, literally nothing has changed. If I sum everything up, things have gone from bad to worse. All new police hirings are being done on lists provided by Khattaks family, they are following PPP in Sindh in regards to Police hirings. massive scam of Rs.2Bn has just come out against PTI government for corruption, quality of schools is deteriorating. This I think is being done on purpose to justify building new schools project for which has been given to Kursheed Kasuri of PTI. Another aircraft was fired upon when coming in to land at Peshawar airport. Our CM has been missing for last 50 days busy dancing while people died of flash floods. Is this y we voted for PTI. Shame on us for being made a fool by PTI. Imran Khan we know your lies no need to justify your incompetence and corruption as we wont be fooled again. Shame on PTI

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Alia

Oct 04, 2014 09:25am

PTI = In-competents, who hurl baseless allegations without proof to make otherslook bad so that they themselves are able to hide their failures. My province has seen literally no development since PTI came to power here. ANP government was many tmes better. Reverting to them in next elections. Shame on PTI for looting the hard earned tax money of KPK to finance their dharna and increase personal wealth.

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Talha

Oct 04, 2014 09:50am

@rh Don't blow things out of proportion. There was only one small time when he danced and there should be no problem with that, it is not illegal or immoral. Secondly, KPK wasn't affected by floods so I don't know what you are talking about. Moving on, it is the structure that has the strength in KPK which smoothly functions even when the CM attends the Dharna sometimes during night. It is not a one man system in KPK. A CM isn't a superhero in KPK whereby he would personally go to each house to solve their problems. Those are all gimmicks which happen in Punjab where CM wears big boots and walks in flood water.

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Supra

Oct 04, 2014 09:52am

@Ilyas Lady Reading Hospital is a privately owned hospital therefore it would be incorrect to say that the patients who were not charged any money (if you are speaking the truth) has anything to do with the government I am from KPK and I have seen no changes in Peshawar with the exception of new cat eyes, flower pots placed near the entrance of Hayatabad, replacement of old granite blocks with new ones to act as a boundary between roads, barbed wire fencing along roads and I think solar powered street lights (Mind you, lights still need to be attached to them so those solar powered street lights are of no use at the moment) In a single year, only this has happened. No more, no less.. Where is the 'Tabdeeli?'

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Talha

Oct 04, 2014 09:54am

@ilyas I am happy that people are pleased with the KPK government. Yes those in KPK government aren't saints and they might make mistakes but I believe that they aren't current corrupt and would try their level best to improve lives of the common man in KPK.

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Talha

Oct 04, 2014 10:17am

@Alia Hahaha ANP who?

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Zahid

Oct 04, 2014 10:20am

Wow, they have nothing concrete to talk about as an achievement. No doubt they are going for dharnas because after 5 years their "tabdeli" in KPK will be really exposed.

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Sumair

Oct 04, 2014 10:32am

For all of you trumpeting the same rhetoric of the likes of Ahsan Iqbal, Pervaiz Rasheed, Marvi Memon etc which is baseless, lies upon lies and the same old ghissi pittti speeches with no place in reality, just watch this http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x26uzs7_ayesha-gulalai-pti-reply-to-pmln-white-paper-29th-september-2014_news?start=1

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Salar Khan

Oct 04, 2014 10:44am

pti has taken bold steps to correct the previous crooked system but for pml-n progress means building metros in dark ages to usurp nation's wealth, while letting the brutal police and corrupt patwaries of punjab rule the province. such a shame that in this day and age people don't know what real change and progress means.

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Ahmed USA

Oct 04, 2014 10:55am

Well "Naya KPK" is yet to be seen after passage of 5 "90 days" deadlines...PTI folks any plans for dharna near KPK CM house...

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ilyas

Oct 04, 2014 11:07am

@Alia ANP was better than PTI? LOL This is the most ridiculous post I have seen on this site. Can you please explain in what ways they were better? I from Swabi, where no one can ever imagined to beat ANP. Now come to Swabi and see how many ANP's left. My family has voted for these clones for the last 30 years, but no more. This is the only Govt they have kicked out 2 minters on corruption, and PTI is protesting without proof? Read the yesterday Dawn report about NA-125 and see who is lying. Lets get the facts right, even the winning party said the election wasn't free and fair.. so whats stopping them to open just 4 constituencies and forced IK to apologize if he is lying...

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roarwali

Oct 04, 2014 11:08am

@rh I think your remarks are either biased or based on disinformation. regarding polio issue, don't mix FATA with KPK. The polio is threatening children in FATA, Karachi and Lahore now. Peshawar is polio free. As for dancing, it's not an issue for pushtun at least khattak was dancing to the tune of pushto music not like Shehbaz shareef who in one function dancing with arabs. I don't why... because i don't comment when i don't know the context.

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Iqbal Hadi Zaidi

Oct 04, 2014 11:15am

COME IMRAN COME-GO NAWAZ GO. KP has made unprecedented progress since Imran's party took over the administration of KP. Iqbal Hadi Zaidi

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NINO

Oct 04, 2014 11:16am

@ilyas These solitary examples have take place in the worst of days in the country.Imran Khan is now showing the young misled followers the moon when he comes to power. He , in that respect is living in a fool's paradise and I do not mind if he continues to stay there permanently. The point is that if he does not fulfil his exaggerated promises, you young folks will do much worse to him than what he is doing with the country today. You will get to his throat but Imran is incapable of looking beyond his nose. His cheap rhetoric blaming ever one around for right or wrong reasons leads.me to conclude that his intellectual honesty is highly questionable.

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Humaid KHAN

Oct 04, 2014 11:22am

"The KP government has ensured that Fards (titles) of land are issued in seven days, registration of birth and death is done in two days, domiciles are issued in 10 days and FIRs are registered instantly,” These people friendly changes reduce corruption and enhance productivity should be appreciated. Yes CM may still be doing dancing on the container but administrations good work should be appreciated. I hope other provinces will learn from KPI and implement similar changes in their states. Regards Humaid Khan

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Napier Mole

Oct 04, 2014 11:25am

What a pathetic response. Any doubts about the authenticity of the white paper are dispelled by this failure to give a convincing rebuttal.

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Ahmed USA

Oct 04, 2014 11:30am

Yes please defend incompetence...that is the reason we hired you... :)

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Oct 04, 2014 11:46am

@ash_insafians anyone can spin dreams. Without evidence, these statements are just as baseless as those hurled from the containers every day. KP spends more money on education than any other province but is the second worst in performance. If this is not corruption than what is? Blind faith in politicians is a dangerous alley that has led to many tragedies in the past. Please ask your leaders for evidence to backup their rhetoric.

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Reader

Oct 04, 2014 11:50am

Allegations against KP govt is simply a distraction of Federal Govts own incompetence.

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Haider Rehman

Oct 04, 2014 11:58am

Better police (eg online FIR http://kppolice.gov.pk/css/firadd.php ), regular thumb verified attentence of school teachers, better healthcare, tenders not given to politicians families, Right to info bill, firing of two ministers on corruption charges and probes moving swiftly unlike model town tragedy....... Nothing counts?

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khan

Oct 04, 2014 12:22pm

@Alia Either your blind or ignorant of the fact that the derna is funded on donations. May Allah give you better insight of things.!!

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Irfan

Oct 04, 2014 01:12pm

If not PTI then what? Now ppl have to choose b/w these who commit mistakes vs those who deliberately commit blunders.

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Oct 04, 2014 02:05pm

We as expats contributed towards a project on tameer e school pk online by credit card, when it was launched in April, in 3 months the project was only completed but we were able to follow all the progress until completion in a very transparent way through online tracking. This is all change and just because kp in not wasting billions in ads does not mean there are not doing anything. Anyone remembers NS qaraz utaro mulk sanwaro! Become a part of change and you will know, otherwise stay monarchies slaves and so shall be your children

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NINO

Oct 04, 2014 02:28pm

@One Nation Unfortunately, you have closed your eyes and ears upon hundreds of thousands children whose parents have little or no means before PTI and Imran was born. In your youthful love for your leader, remember thinking and truth is important.

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Omar Afridi

Oct 04, 2014 02:34pm

@One Nation I am from KPK, Imran Khan got 76 votes in elections, still he couldn't even bring 5000 people to dharna. So now tell who has done the most dhandli. Shame on Imran.

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Omar Afridi

Oct 04, 2014 02:37pm

@Iqbal Hadi Zaidi From your name, I can suggest you are not a pathan. So please, don't tell he has made changes in KPK. I am a Pathan. I was supporting Imran Khan during elections. But now I am not.

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Omar Afridi

Oct 04, 2014 02:42pm

@Iqbal Hadi Zaidi If elections are held again, this time Pathans are not going to vote for Imran Khan, because they haven't seen, what they expected from Imran, only blind fools will support Imran Khan in KPK.

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Omar Afridi

Oct 04, 2014 02:48pm

@Talha I am from KPK. When this dharna reached Islamabad, that same time people died in stormy rain, and at the same time CM Pervez Khattak was dancing in dharna, there was no minister to look upon KPK, all of them were dancing. And you talk about CM Punjab about what he did during floods, atleast he should some concern for the people, he didn't dance on their deaths.

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Talha

Oct 04, 2014 02:54pm

@Omar Afridi I have many Pathan friends who are happy with PTI in KPK and say that they could feel improvements in KPK. It is funny that you are criticizing KPK government about its performance but can't tell what problems you have with the KPK government? Do you have a problem with kicking out QWP from coalition on grounds of corruption? Do you have a problem with quick registry of FIR? Do you have a problem with the provision of free medicines as validate by our fellow commentator Ilyas? Do you have a problem with high attendance of teachers in government schools? Or do you have a problem with an independent police?

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Tariq

Oct 04, 2014 03:14pm

@Omar Afridi I can feel that you are sad that ANP lost badly in KPK. You don't have any proof that KPK government is doing bad in the province yet criticizing it without any proof. CM KPK attending the Dharna is just not good enough a reason to say that KPK government isn't doing well.

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Jawad

Oct 04, 2014 03:31pm

@Omar Afridi which pathans are you talking about? You don't even belong to KPK as evident from your name. KPK govt. has no jurisdiction over FATA and FYI FATA is administered by the Governor. And I am a pathan who lives in Peshawar and I can clearly feel change occurring in my province.formation of Right to Information Commision, right to Public services commission, strengthening of Anti-corruption Establishment, depoliticizing of police, crackdown on the timber mafia, new mineral policy, Independent monitoring units in every district education offices are some of the major achievements of the KP government.

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Blithe

Oct 04, 2014 03:55pm

Go Khattak go!

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Arjumand

Oct 04, 2014 04:47pm

@Omar Afridi. Your comments about pathan and non Pathan are unfortunate and show your ignorance. You are doing no favour to PTI supporters, be they Pathan or otherwise by making such statements. For your information significant proportion of KP's population is non-Pathan. Have you been to Hazara and D.i.Khan divisions and Peshawar city of your province?

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M. Saeed Awan

Oct 04, 2014 05:26pm

Is there any limit of lie especially from PTI? The better Punjab is shabby and neglected KPK is Paris to them.

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Talha

Oct 04, 2014 05:45pm

@M. Saeed Awan Actually it was Lahore which became Venice from Paris all thanks to the Punjab government. Metro buses and laptops didn't help the poor flood affectees in Punjab.

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Atam Vetta

Oct 04, 2014 06:05pm

I am surprised that none of the commentators has noticed the great achievement of the PTI government in KPK. Few people in Pakistan realised that the nation is endangered if a school text book has a photo of a girl child without covering her head. Such a photo will not now appear in any KPK school text book and Pakistan will be saved.

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Adnan

Oct 04, 2014 06:53pm

I believe the white paper issued by Federal Govt. does raise many question regarding the credibility of KP’s government. If the current performance of PTI is the indicator of new Pakistan then we are happy with old one.

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Salma

Oct 04, 2014 06:56pm

Accountability law is being talked about for 1½ years now but they are still not ready to get it passed in the parliment. If things have to go so slow and you want to go on cashing on things which always stay "coming in future" then people are right to question your performance. In Kpk, accountability drive should alter the laws so that the burden of prove should be shifted to the accusee. One who is under investigations should prove the source of his income which contributed to his assets.

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Haider

Oct 04, 2014 07:50pm

PTI should be ashamed of itself for wasting millions of rupees on dharnas and jalsas instead of focusing on improving the lives of those in KPK. Now, Ro Imran Ro!

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khan

Oct 04, 2014 08:17pm

@Omar Afridi speak for your self. Only pathans are not living in KPK. Your statements indicate ignorance.

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Talha

Oct 04, 2014 08:22pm

@Haider The Dharna is not being financed from KPK's kitty. KPK government doesn't use government funds for its own purposes which is what the governments in Sindh and Punjab do. The money for the Dharna is being sent by the overseas Pakistan who believe that the lives of people in KPK and the entire Pakistan would improve once Nawaz Sharif and all the corrupt politicians go. GO NAWAZ GO!!

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fakhir

Oct 04, 2014 09:28pm

@Talha did khattak take notice of the precious loss of lives in hangoo, Peshawar and kohat blasts, has he or IK even called a law & order meeting? Are the dying ones not humans? Are you blind or deaf? How can you support such heartless people?

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syed wasim haider

Oct 04, 2014 10:25pm

At least u do not have any Gulloo Butts in KPK. Corruption is reduced to minimal, FIR can be made thru net.There is check and balance seen in different departments. IK will come with lot of finished projects during the 3rd. and 4th. year.

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fakhir

Oct 05, 2014 12:32am

@syed wasim haider oh really, there are no gulloo butts in PTI? Then who thrashed into PTV? Who blocked Javed Hashmi's vehicle? Who broke into the parliament and Secretariat? And who beat Samaa TV reporter?

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Raghu

Oct 07, 2014 05:18pm

@fakhir Ok then I should support Gullu Butts? Wo fire straight at pregnant women?

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