PTI English news | PTI, Latest News & Live Updates in English | English News (Latest English News) at Lokmattimes.com

After facing defeat in the local body elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has formed a new organisational structure for the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), a day after dissolving all previous bodies within his party.According to Dawn newspaper, the announcement was made by the country's Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry through his official Twitter account today.He said that Planning Minister Asad Umar had been chosen as the secretary-general.Apart from it, several others had been named as the presidents for various provincial divisions. These include -- Defence Minister Pervez Khattak for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Zaidi for Sindh, National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri for Balochistan, Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood for Punjab and Minister for Industries and Production Khusro Bakhtiar for South Punjab.On Friday, Chaudhry said that the ruling party has decided to dissolve its organisational structure."Since party tickets were distributed on the basis of nepotism as against the principles of fairness and merit, Prime minister Imran Khan is very upset," Geo tv quoting Fawad reported as saying, adding that in the light of the situation, the party has decided to dissolve its organisational structure across Pakistan.The Minister for Information and Broadcasting was addressing a press conference in Islamabad in which he said that the party has decided to form a new constitutional committee to devise a strategy for the second phase of the local bodies election in the province, the media outlet said.Speaking about the outcome of the polls, the minister said that he has received complaints that the tickets for the recently held LG polls in the province were distributed among families of party members.Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) has won elections in 10 tehsil councils, PTI in 9, ANP in 5, PML-N, and Jamaat-e-Islami have bagged one seat each, The News International reported citing the unofficial and unconfirmed results of 31 out of 64 tehsil councils in 17 districts.Meanwhile, Imran Khan will give the chief minister guidelines to devise an effective strategy for the next phase of the local body elections in the province scheduled next month.Earlier, the Pakistan premier, who is not happy with the PTI's performance in KP, had summoned KP's Mahmood Khan to Islamabad.( With inputs from ANI )Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

PtiFOLLOW

Pti, Latest News

New Delhi, Dec 29 Pakistan Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said the Imran Khan-led government would bring back former ... ...

The defeat of Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) party in local elections of Khyber Pakhtunkhawa shows a clear sign of crack between the military establishment and the ruling party. ...

Accepting that PTI government's failure to abate corruption, Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said the country had voted for Imran Khan to hold money launderers accountable, however, they "failed" to keep the promise. ...

New Delhi, Dec 26 Workers of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) have reacted sharply to Prime Minister Imran ... ...

New Delhi, Dec 25: After his "Naya Pakistan" venture embarrasingly bombed, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has coined a ... ...

The Imran Khan government has failed to fulfil any commitment which it had made in the election manifesto and the parties that have failed to deliver 50 per cent of their promises should be disqualified, said Pakistan People's Party's veteran leader ...

A local leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was shot dead by unidentified armed men on Friday in the city of Karachi in Punjab province. ...

After facing defeat in the local body elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has formed a new organisational structure for the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), a day after dissolving all previous bodies within his p ...