Fawad Chaudhry says powers being transferred directly to elected representatives at tehsil level for the first time


Islamabad: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said on Monday that Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan fulfilled the promise of strong local government system by conducting elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Taking to social media micro-blogging website twitter, the minister said that Imran Khan was the only leader who put his political interests behind and thought for the country and the people. He also said that KPK LG elections were important in two respects.
Fawad Chaudhry maintained that powers were being transferred directly to the elected representatives at the tehsil level and the government held fair and transparent elections for the first time.
He said otherwise it was easy to have a dictator in the case of the Chief Minister and run the business which was the tradition of PPP and PML-N.
Taking a jibe on the PPP he said that the people of Sindh were still suffering from this attitude.
خیبر پختونخواہ کے انتخابات دو حوالوں سے اہم ہیں پہلا یہ کہ پہلی بار براہ راست تحصیل کی سطح پر براہ راست ووٹ سے منتخب نمائندوں کو اختیارات منتقل ہو رہے ہیں مضبوط مقامی حکومت کا وعدہ صرف عمران خان نے پورا کیا اور دوسرا پہلی بار حکومت نے شفاف اور غیر جانبدارانہ انتخابات کروائے
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) December 20, 2021

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