Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Central Information Secretary Faisal Karim Kundi on Tuesday said his party would opt to play the opposition’s role during the next tenure rather than becoming ‘Laadla’ (favorite) or ‘Selected’ as it always believed in the power of public mandate. Addressing a press conference here at Kundi Model Farm, the PPP Information Secretary said the country had faced a ‘Laadla’ in the recent past and borne its losses. He said the PPP has a clear stance that the general elections must be held in time in a free, fair and transparent manner.
The different political parties, who have fear of defeat, expressed their wish to delay the elections by showing their lame excuses like bad weather conditions and demanding appointments of ROs and DROs from the judiciary, he mentioned. Replying to a question regarding PPP candidates, Kundi said the party was in the process of finalizing its candidates.
He said the PPP would contest upcoming general elections under its manifesto of ‘Roti-Kapra aur Makaan’ and it would accept the public mandate. Kundi also paid tribute to the security forces that were rendering sacrifices to establish peace in the country. He said the PPP, if came into power in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, would raise the salaries of KP Police as it was less than the Punjab Police. He demanded that the district administration to resolve the local issues of Dera Ismail Khan including WAPDA-related issues, farmers’ issues and TMA employee issues on a priority basis.
Moreover, he said, about 40 local employees of WAPDA including 20 Superintendents were transferred to other cities. He said the PPP stood shoulder-to-shoulder with those employees as it was the issue of 40 families who were being affected by this decision. About farmers’ issues, Kundi said the fertilizers were not available for them in the open market during wheat sowing season and they were being forced to purchase it from the black market.
