Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mehmood Khan Monday said that the overwhelming victory of PTI candidates in re-polling of Local Government elections proved that the masses have full confidence in the party’s leadership and its policies.
Congratulating the party workers and leadership, he said PTI candidates got huge mandate from DI Khan, Karak, Bannu and other districts which was directly linked with the efforts and unity of the party workers and leaders.
He also appreciated the district administrations and law enforcing agencies over peaceful conduct of the re-polling and hoped that the same measures would be ensured in the second phase of the elections.
The CM foresaw overwhelming victory of PTI in the second phase of LG polls and advised party workers to fully participate in the second phase of LG polls with same spirit and unity.
Criticizing the opposition parties, Mehmood Khan said that the results of re-polling has proved that people have rejected opposition parties, adding that those who were threatening to overthrow the government had lost elections from their own constituencies. He said the opposition parties were afraid of the popularity of Prime Minister Imran Khan and PTI was the only hope for masses.
On the other hand Minister for Information Technology and Food, Atif Khan said that huge electoral gains in bye elections of local government elections was a major setback for opposition parties. In a statement , he said that PTI victory in D. I Khan mayoral election ,unprecedented results in Bannu and clean sweep in Karak showed that people had reposed confidence in policies of KP government and leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
