Sindh PTI divided into four regions
ISLAMABAD: As part of the ongoing reorganisation process in accordance with its new constitution, the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday divided the party’s Sindh chapter into four regions.
PTI’s chief organiser Saifullah Khan Nyazee in consultation with the party chairman and Prime Minister Imran Khan has notified the new devolved structure for Sindh, which has been divided into Northern, Central, Western and Eastern regions.
The decision to divide the party’s Sindh chapter into four regions has been taken for the upcoming local government elections in the province and beyond, says an official announcement by the party’s central media department.
According to a notification, Northern region will consist of Larkana and Sukkur divisions, Hyderabad division will fall under Central region, Western region will comprise Shaheed Benazirabad (Nawabshah) and Mirpurkhas divisions, whereas Eastern region will consist of all districts of Karachi
Khurram Sher Zaman will head the 16-member executive committee for the Eastern region, while Saeed Afridi will act as general secretary and Jamal Siddiqi as information secretary. A nine-member governing body for the Central region has been notified with Sadaqat Ali Jatoi as president, Khawind Bux Juhijo as general secretary and Tufail Khattak as information secretary.
Meanwhile, the PTI announced new governing bodies for Peshawar and Malakand divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Fazal Khan has been named as president and Rizwan Bangish as general secretary for the Peshawar region, while Fazal Hakeem Khan will lead the party in Malakand region and Badhir Khan will be general secretary.
The PTI KP has been divided into four regions. Malakand and Hazara regions comprise Malakand and Hazara divisions, respectively, while the Peshawar region comprises Peshawar and Mardan divisions. the South region comprises Kohat, Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan divisions.
The PTI Balochistan has been divided into four regions. The North region includes Zhob and Sibbi divisions. The Central region comprises Quetta division. The West region consists of Nasirabad, Kalat and Lasbela divisions. The South region comprises Rakhshan and Makran divisions.
The party’s organisation of international chapters has been divided into American, European, Asian, Australian and African regions.
In June this year, the party had dissolved all its organisations, structures, wings and sub-organisations for the formation of new bodies in line with its constitution approved in May.
Published in Dawn, November 18th, 2019