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Saturday, March 30, 2013PTI launches campaign to raise funds for elections
* Imran says ‘Naya Pakistan Fund’ to help people who cannot participate in politics due to lack of resources
* Promises 25 percent party tickets for youth
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Launching “Naya Pakistan Fund” campaign, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Friday said that the PTI was the only party which had begun fundraising programme in the country so that the people belonging to the lower class could also take part in politics.
“While the corrupt political mafia have been looting the public money in order to buy the loyalties of turncoats on taxpayers money, we have resolved to help the people from middle and lower classes to join politics and replace the corrupt mafia,” said Imran Khan during his address at the launching ceremony of “Naya Pakistan Fund”, which was organised by PTI at a local hotel.
“Ironically, in our country only a specific class, which has become rich by looting the people money, can take part in the politics, whereas the educated youngsters cannot even think about it just because of their poor financial conditions, but now the PTI has took initiative to arrange funds for all such people who cannot participate in the politics just due to lack of resources,” said Imran who was flanked by other party leaders, including PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Jahangir Khan Tareen, Asad Umar, Naeemul Haq, Dr Shireen Mazari, Farukh Habib, Faisal Javed Khan. Earlier, while briefing the audience on Naya Pakistan Fund, PTI leader Syed Javed said that the people can get information about the fund by visiting the website election.insaf.pk. Lauding the efforts of party workers, the PTI chief said that other parties were spending billions of rupees just on their social media campaigns, but the PTI had volunteers to do the uphill task. “This thing has made it clear that money cannot compete with the passion,” he added. Imran was of the view that the upcoming elections would decide the fate of the country. “The Punjab government has launched the Metro Bus Service, but it did not pay any heed towards the poor conditions in hospitals and education sector,” he said. The PTI chairman added that a major test for the PTI was the distribution of party tickets. “We are trying our level best to distribute the party tickets on merit and to shortlist fair people. But it’s my promise to all my colleagues that PTI will distribute 25 percent tickets to the youth,” he said.
Imran said that the PTI would give the people at large the right of choice and would not make alliances with any party. He said that the PTI would not make seat adjustment arrangement with any banned outfit. “PTI has made seat adjustment with Nawab of Bahawalpur Salahuddin Abbasi because no one can raise a finger at his character”. He also referred to his meeting with Punjab Caretaker Chief Minister Najam Sethi and said that a major party of Punjab was trying to adjust their blue-eyed in the caretaker setup, but Najam Sethi had rejected their demand.
The PTI chief said that a specific class has occupied the country just by using money. “We will have to bring an end to this malpractice,” he added. “The PTI has decided to give 25 percent party tickets to youth. But the question is that if we give the tickets to educated youngsters, how can they afford the expenses of political campaign? Unfortunately, the people belonging from middle class cannot participate in the elections,” said Imran, adding that now the public should arrange funds for all such people if they wanted to see young faces in the assemblies.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk