PTI launches 100-day agenda

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has unveiled its 100-day agenda if the party managed to form the government after the next general elections. Senior PTI leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi announced his party’s agenda at a ceremony held in Islamabad on Sunday.“One the main agendas of the PTI government will be to merge FATA into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,” he said. “We will abolish FCR without any delay.”“Our government will launch a mega development program,” he said. “We also intent to carve out a new province for the southern region in Punjab,” he said, adding that “time has come to address the prevailing sense of deprivation in South Punjab.”He said that his government would heal the wounds of Balochistan. “Promises are made about Balochistan but they are not kept,” he opined. About Karachi, he said the PTI intends to crack down on qabza mafia in Karachi. “The first priority will be to restore peace and stability in Karachi.”The PTI government will provide a complete transport system in Karachi. “We will bring an empowered local government system in Karachi.”Commenting on PTI's economic policies, Asad Umar  said that  his government would create 10 million new jobs. "We have to reduce the burden of taxes on traders, businessmen and industrialists," he said. The electricity and gas prices will be brought down as par with other countries in the region. "We will provide level-play fields  to traders, farmers, businessmen and industrialists."Umar said that private sector would be encourage to build five million new homes within first 100 days of  his government. "Let me make it clear that this will be done in the first 100 days by Prime Minister Imran Khan, Inshahullah."

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