Tickets to not be awarded on foundation of favouritism, bribery, PM says after KP polls’ setback

The prime minister’s feedback got here throughout a gathering with Chief Minister KP Mahmood Khan, the place the province’s chief offered a report on why the get together suffered losses within the native physique polls, sources stated.

The premier had summoned CM Khan to current a report on the PTI’s defeat in the course of the elections within the province, highlighting the explanations that result in the get together’s failure.

Sources stated that the report talked about the lawmakers who didn’t assist the get together in the course of the polls, allocation of get together tickets for the elections, and different points.

The report attributed PTI’s defeat within the first part of the elections to “mismanagement” and that “staff of the identical get together contested elections in opposition to one another.”

Sources additional added that the report cited “conventional politics and hereditary points” as causes behind the defeat within the native physique elections, including that the distribution of get together tickets was additionally a motive behind PTI’s failure.

In accordance with the report, the poor collection of candidates led to disagreements between get together staff; therefore the get together wasn’t united in the course of the first part of the elections.

In the course of the assembly, the premier expressed his dissatisfaction over the get together’s failure within the native physique elections, saying that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was their [PTI] baseline and the get together misplaced the election as a consequence of “inside incompetence.”

The premier stated that within the second part of the native physique elections, he’ll personally determine candidates, including that favouritism and bribery wouldn’t be tolerated.
In accordance with sources, PM Imran Khan directed the chief minister to unite PTI staff.

The premier additionally reportedly acknowledged that the get together ought to be taught classes from the outcomes of the primary part as this time indifferences among the many get together members benefitted the opposition.

Earlier, the Prime Minister’s Workplace obtained a report citing causes for the PTI’s loss within the native physique polls in KP. In accordance with the report, benefit had been ignored whereas allocating tickets for the election.

The tickets had been issued to the kin of the governor, ministers and the lawmakers of the PTI, learn the report.

The report stated that PTI MPA in Lakki Marwat Dr Hasham Inamullah had been ignored whereas allocating the tickets. Resultantly, Inamullah prolonged his assist to the 4 candidates fielded by the Saifullah brothers who went on to win the native physique elections, learn the report.

As well as, the 2 candidates backed by MNA Fazal Muhammad Khan misplaced the elections in Charsadda. The report famous that had the 2 candidates gained, they might have labored in accordance with the desires of the MNA.

The native management ignored a reliable employee of PTI, Shafi Jan, and gave a ticket to Shehryar Khan Afridi-backed candidate Salman Khan, the report additional noticed.

Shafi Jan contested the election as an unbiased candidate and bagged extra votes than the PTI candidate within the constituency. Shafi Jan bagged 26,793 votes whereas the Afridi-backed candidate obtained 15,219 votes.

Equally, the KP Governor Shah Farman-backed candidate misplaced elections for the coveted publish of Peshawar mayor. Tickets got to KP Deputy Speaker Mehmood Jan’s brother and provincial Schooling Minister Shahram Tarakai’s kin who misplaced the elections, the report stated.