ISLAMABAD
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry has said that Prime Minister Imran Khan will soon announce a massive relief package to mitigate the impact of the inflation on common people.
Talking to the media persons after the meeting of the core committee of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, which met with Prime Minister Imran Khan in the chair on Monday, the information minister said the package will benefit ten million people.
He said the committee also expressed concerns over the growing oil prices in the international market and called for devising a mechanism to face this challenge. The minister said the committee also discussed upcoming local government elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
He said it has been decided to hold direct elections for local bodies in Punjab. He said that now the people will directly elect mayors of their cities. Fawad said it will be a step toward fulfilling Imran Khan’s promise to transfer powers to the grassroots level.
He said the prime minister also directed to activate PTI workers in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for upcoming local bodies’ elections in these provinces.
Fawad said the process for nomination of candidates for local bodies’ elections will start soon as all the preparations have been finalised in that regard while party workers, especially in Punjab, were told to mobilise political workers.
The core committee also discussed issues pertaining to the Election Commission of Pakistan, including the notices served upon him and the Minister for Railways Azam Swati, and called for their withdrawal.
Separately, Fawad Chaudhry said in a tweet on Monday that in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir ( IIOJK), a case has been registered against students of the Government Medical College and Sher Kashmir Medical College for celebrating Pakistan cricket team’s victory in T 200 World Cup match.
He said Pakistan’s victory was victory of Kashmiris, why should not they celebrate, Chaudhry Fawad remarked. Fawad said such inhuman tactics of the Modi regime has increased the hope of freedom in Kashmiri masses.
The minister tagged a news item on AlJazeera TV website stating that police in Indian-administered Kashmir have filed criminal cases under a stringent anti-terror law against the students of two medical colleges in the region for celebrating Pakistan’s victory against India in the T20 World Cup
