ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan said on Sunday that general elections would be held this year and that his party would win them.

“The PTI will form the government this year after winning the elections,” he remarked.

He was speaking at a ceremony marking the opening of a drive aimed at cleaning the Korang river, organised by Green Zone, an NGO. Around 100 schoolchildren took part in the drive.

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Mr Khan lauded the efforts of the schoolchildren and said his party’s government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was also working hard in the environment sector.

He pointed out that the KP government planned to plant about one billion trees across the province.

He directed newly-elected PTI councillors to pay special attention to environmental issues.

Published in Dawn, April 27th, 2015

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