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• Asks govt, PTI bigwigs to start homework for LG polls
• Says dynastic politics must be discouraged
• Inaugurates tech zone in Lahore
LAHORE: Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed the Punjab government and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leadership to begin homework for the upcoming local government elections in the province, adding he would personally oversee the preparations.
During a meeting with government officials and the political leadership in Punjab at the Chief Minister secretariat on Thursday, PM Khan acknowledged that wrong selection of candidates had led to the party’s defeat in its stronghold of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
“The government and party leadership should strictly select candidates on merit and avoid dynastic politics, which was exposed after causing damage to the party in KP,” sources quoted PM Khan as saying.
“The mistakes made in KP must not be repeated in Punjab,” he stressed. With candidates selected on merit, Mr Khan said, the PTI would give a tough time to its opponents in the local government elections in Punjab.
The sources quoted him as saying that his party organised the KP local bodies elections in a free and fair manner as it neither tried to hijack the polls nor alleged any foul play even after losing. Instead, the sources said, the prime minister had taken his party members to task for promoting dynastic politics and not selecting candidates on merit.
Still, the sources quoted Mr Khan as saying, the PTI was the second...
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