MARDAN, April 1: Pakistan People’s Party candidate for NA-9 Shazia Aurangzeb on Monday said she would ensure establishment of a university, separate transport system and vocational centres for women in Mardan city if the locals elect her during the next elections.

She said this during the launch of her election campaign here on Monday.

PPP leaders, including district president Khan Ghawas Khan, Zahir Shah Khan Toru and Aurangzeb Khan, and a number of party activists were present on the occasion.

Ms Shazia said she was the daughter-in-law of late Abdul Khaliq Khan, who had won elections in NA-9 on PPP ticket during the 1970 elections and served local residents and worked for the area development.

She said following in the footsteps of Abdul Khaliq, she later joined politics to serve the people of the province in general and neglected and deprived women of Mardan city in particular.

The PPP candidate criticised the ANP provincial government for ignoring basic needs and problems of the area and said the ANP leaders had launched developmental projects and schemes in parts of Mardan city only for getting more and more commission.

She appealed to the people of Mardan to vote for PPP candidates, saying her was the only party that could steer the country out of the prevailing socioeconomic and security crises.