BYF

PAKI
STANTEHREEK-
E-I
NSAF
I
ntr
oduct
ion: (
ByAbdul
Samadaf
-1296)
PakistanTehreek-
e-I
nsaf i
sapol it
icalpart
yonpaper ,butiti
swaybi ggerthanthat.I
t'
sa
dream forapr osper
ousPaki stanwher eeverymanandwomanhashi ghselfesteem
andt akescareoffel
lowci t
izenspert heprinci
plesofhumani ty.Thegoalofit
sf ounder
ImranKhani st oensureJust i
cef orallashebel ievest hatajustsocietyhasthebest
chancet osucceed.Atthecor e,PTIjustwantstomakesur ethatweasanat i
onar ethe
bestv ersi
onofour sel
v esandmakeanamef orusi nt hi
swor ld.Webel i
ev ethat
Pakistanisav eryspecialcount ry,ful
lofnat ur alresourcesand f ul
lofear nest&
i
ntell
igentpeople.
Butunfort
unat
elyduetothecorruptleader
shipofthecountryandlackofj
usti
ce,we
havefai
ledtomaxi
mizeourcapabil
it
y.It
'sourdream t
oseePakistanasasel
f-
suf
fi
cient
nat
ionwhomakesi t
sowndecisionpri
orit
izi
ngtheint
erestofi
tspeopl
e.
Oneoft heinit
ialgoalsofPTIwast omakeourJust i
cesy stem i
ndependentsot
hatall
countrymen,bei trichorpoor ,cangett hesamel ev elofJust ice.Weareproudto
achievethati
nPaki stanaf t
erplayingtheleadi
ngr ol
ei nthel awyersmovementandby
constantl
yadv ocat
ingasy stem thatisfairforallregardlessoft hei
rsoci
alcl
assor
demogr aphi
cs. Theot herbigstanceofPTIi sthatweneedt ogetr i
dofcorr
uptl
eader
s
i
nPaki stanwhohav est ol
enf r
om t hepeopleofPakistanandmadeenor mouswealt
h
abroad

Hi
stor
y
Pakist
anTehr eek-e-I
nsafwasf ounded byI mranKhanon25 Apr i
l1996 i
n Lahor
e.
Foundedi ni
ti
all
yasasoci opol i
ti
calmov ement,i
nJune1996t hefi
rstCentr
alExecuti
ve
Commi tteeofPakistanTehreek-e-
Insafwasformedundertheleadershi
pofImranKhan,
i
ncludi
ngNaeem- ul-
Haque,AhsanRasheed,Haf eezKhan,MowahidHussain,Mahmood
AwanandNausher wanBur ki
 asfoundingmember s.PTIbegantogr ow sl
owlybutdid
notachieveimmedi atepopulari
ty.
PTIwasf oundedonApr il25,1996i nLahor e.PTIwoni tsfir
stseatdur i
ngt he2002
Electi
onswhenI mranKhanwont heNationalAssembl yseatofMi anwali
.PTIthen
boycot t
edt he2008el ecti
onsduet othepri
ncipalstanceagainstcor r
upti
onandi n2013,
theyr eceived7. 5mi l
li
onv otes,secondhighestv otesintheelections.Theymadet he
Gov ernmenti nKy hberPakht unkhuwaandt hei
rf ocustherehasbeenont hecommon
man.Ev ent hei
rwor stri
val
sgi vethem cr
editformaki ngPoliceindependenttofaci
li
tate
Justicef oral l
,revampingt hepublicschoolssy stem whichhasseen34, 000+pr i
vate

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schoolkidsswi
tchi
ngtogov er
nmentschool
s,changi
ngthehealt
hpol
ici
estoensure
theytakecar
eofthepeopl
einneed,
andmakingasigni
fi
cantr
educti
oni
ncorr
upt
ion.
 
Thei conicmomentf orPTIwast hemammot hJal saonOctober30,2011atMi nar-
e-
Pakistan,wherepeoplefr
om al ldemogr aphics,especi
all
yYout handFemal esshowed
upinhugenumber stoshowI mranKhant hattheyarewithhi
mt of i
ghtthestatusquoof
Pakistan.Shortl
yaf t
er,the KarachiJal sa ofDecember2011 conf irmed thatthis
mov ementhaschangedPaki stanforeverast heYouthofthecount ryst ar
tedtot ake
owner shi
pofthecountryandt hei
rresol
v eforchangei nPaki
stanwasr ocksol i
d.Thisis
surelyamov ementcompar abletoJinnah'smov ementforPakistan.I
mr anKhancal l
sit
thestrugglef
orNay aPaki
stan.

(BYALIHUSSAI
NSHAHAF-
1282)

Mani
fest
o
A publ i
cdecl arati
onofpol icy,aims,especi al
l
yonei ssuedbef oreanel ecti
onbya
politi
calpartyorcandidate.Manifestoi si
ssuedbypol i
ti
cal part
iestomakepubl i
cawar e
oft hei
raimsaf terwinningtheel ectionsandcamei ntopower .Manifestohel pspeopl e
toknowaboutt hepartythathowt heyarepl anningt or uleandhowmanynewpol ici
es
theyar epl anni
ngt ol aunch.Dur i
ngt hetimeofel ectionsapol i
ti
calpar tyissueda
electi
on mani f
esto.An el ecti
on mani festoi s a publ ished documentcont ai
ning
declarati
onoft heideology,int
entions,v i
ews,pol iciesandpr ogrammesofapol i
t i
cal
party.Theel ecti
onmani festosaregener allydraftedbyt hepol i
ti
calpartieskeepingan
eyeonf orthcomi ngel
ect i
onsandar egenerall
ypubl ishedandwel lpubli
cized.

Backgr
oundof2008El
ect
ions
I
n1998GenMushar rafwaspr omot edasheadofar medf or
cesbyPr i
meMi nister
NawazShar i
f.In1999Mushar rafledakar gi
linfi
lt
rati
ont hatal mostbr oughtI ndi
aand
Pakist
ant oaf ull-fl
edgedwar .Af t
ert hatNawazShar i
funsuccessf ul
lyat t
empt edt o
removeMushar raff r
om t heheadofar medf orces.Aftert hatMushar rafsuccessfully
takeoverPakistanaspr esidenti n2001andMushar r
afr uledPaki st
anf rom 2001t o
t
h
2008.In2007Mushar rafannouncedgener alelect
ionson8 Januar y2008buti twas
l
aterpostponed duet o assassi nati
on ofFor merPr i
meMi ni
sterBenazi rBhut toi n
December2007.Af tert he assassi nat i
on ofBenazi r,the el ection commi ssi
on of
t
h
Pakist
andeclaret hat8 Januar y2008i snolongerfeasibledat ef ornat i
onalelecti
ons
t
h
andelect
ionwoul dbehel don18 Febr uary2008.

PTIBoy
cot
ted2008El
ect
ions
Befor
e2008elect
ionsPaki
stansecur
it
ywasnotgoodt err
orism wasonit
speakatthat
ti
me.Manyleader
swer eat
tackedaft
erthedecl
arat
ionoftheirnamesf
ortheel
ect
ions.

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Onthet opFormerPr i
meMi nisterBenazi
rBhut t
owaski l
l
eddur i
ngapubl i
cr al
lyin
Rawalpi
ndi.Aft
ert heassassinati
onofBenazi rBhutto,Fi
rst
lyPPPboy cott
edt he2008
el
ecti
onsandwi ththePPP PML( N)alsoboy cott
edt heelect
ionsbutlaterbot hthe
par
ti
est akepartin2008el ectionsandatt hattimePTImadeast at
ementt hatthese
el
ecti
onsar egoingt obeheldonf raudul
entproceduresandwear enotgoingtot ake
par
tin2008elections.

(
BYWAJAHATALIAF-
1290)

PTI
’
sFi
nanci
alPol
i
cyi
n2013’
sMani
fest
o
In2013, Paki stan’seconomi ccondi ti
onwasget t
ingbadi nanext r
emer atet hatwoul d
causet hecount rytof aceadownf all
.PakistanTehr eek-e-insafanaly zedt hecondi ti
ons
andf oundoutsomenumbert hatr efl
ectedt heper cent ageoft hepopul ationwhi chwer e
l
ivi
ngi next remepov ertyandnumber sshowedt hati twasal mosthalfoft hecount ry’
s
population.Ther easonf ort hebadeconomi ccondi t i
onwasmai nlythedebt sthat
Pakistanhadt opayandwer est i
l
lincreasingatahi gherr at e.
Thechal lengei st hemobi lizationofl ocal r
esour cesi ncludinglocal i
nv est ment
oppor t
uni ti
est osur mountl owi nvestment ,poorpr oduct ivityanddegr adi ngphy sicaland
soci
al infrast ructure.Onl ywhenl ocal i
nvestor sfeel saf eandconf identt oi nv estwill
overseasPaki stanisf oll
owedbySt rategicforeigni nv estorsi nvestint heeconomy .
Local i
nv est mentwoul dr esul tingr owththatwi llgener ateempl oyment ,remov epoverty
andcr eatepr osper it
y .Agr i
cul tureisthemai nstayofoureconomyandi nv estmenti n
agri
cul t
ur ewoul dhel pt oel imi natepov ert
yasst udieshav eshownt hatext remepov erty
i
smor epr ev alenti nrural ar eascompar edt our bancent ers.
So,PTIf rom t heirsidepr esent edaf i
nancialsolutiont hatt heywer etoappl yaf t
er
gett
ingt hegov ernmentseat ,thei
rpol i
cyshowedsomeaspect swhi chwer e;
 Taxr ef orms
 Agr i
cul ture-Backboneoft hecount ry
 Irrigation
 Landr efor ms
 Dev elopmentofi ndust ry
 Smal l andmedi um ent erprisesSMEs
 Laborr efor ms
 Tour i
sm
 Tel ecommuni cationandI T

Thesepoi
ntsr
elat
edt
ofi
nanci
alpol
i
cywer
efur
therexpl
ainedi
nthemani
fest
oas;

1.TaxRef
orms
Thecomplexi
tyofthetaxlawi
st hesingl
emosti mport
antf
actorresponsi
blef
ormost
oft
herevenuelosses.Thecur
renttaxsystem i
sindef
ensi
ble.I
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burdensome,andsever
elyli
mitseconomicopport
uni
ty.Ourt
axphil
osophyi
sto
encourageandmot i
vat
eciti
zenstocreat
ewealthandsharepar
tofthei
rhar
dear
ned
i
ncomebypay i
ngtaxatalowerrate.Thi
scoul
dbedonebyPTIi ncooper
ati
onofthe
FBRdepar t
mentofPakist
an.

Agr
icul
tur
e-Backboneoft
hecount
ry
Asclearedint heheading, agri
cult
urewasamaj orfocusofPTIi n2013’selecti
onsas
theypresentedtheideaoft heagricul
turalgrowthandpr esented;Invest
menti n
agri
cultur
eist hequickestandsur estwayf orrapideconomicr ecoveryandreducing
povert
yasi taccountsf or25per centoft heGDPandempl oys45per centofthe
countr
y '
slaborforce.Sobyi mprovingtheagr i
cultural
department ,t
heGDPoft he
countr
ycoul dbeimpr ov ed.Also,i
twasaf airsoluti
onfortheunempl oymentint he
countr
yandt hegrowthoft heagri
cultur
al couldbringbett
ermenti ntheeconomyoft he
countr
y .

2.I
rr
igat
ion
I
rri
gati
onbasi cal
l
yr el
at edt othesupplyofwat ertol andorcor ps.PTIasconsider
ed
agr
icultureasamaj orimpr ovementi ntheirmani fest o,i
rri
gationwasamandat ory
motivef orthem.Ther ef ore,theypresentedt hat
PTIwillunder takethef oll
owi ngreformsmeasur esint hef i
eldofi r
ri
gati
on:
 50per centincreasei rr
igat
ionareai n10y earst hroughconst ruct
ionandoptimal
useofsmal l
,medi um andl argeirr
igationpr ojects;
 Pr ovi
dei ncenti
v esf ortheuseofal ternativesour cesofi rri
gati
onsuchasdr i
pand
spr i
nklerirr
igationsy stems,and
 Dev elopa20y earmast erplanforwat erst oragei ncludingconstruct
ionofdams
i
ncl udingutili
zi
ngf l
oodwat ersforirri
gation.

3.Landr
efor
ms
ThePTIiscommi ttedtoi ntr
oducefol
lowingl andr ef
orms:
Monitortheownershipanduseofdi stri
butedst atelandandensur ecreditand
agr
icult
uresuppor
tser vicestofarmers;Comput eri
zelandrecord,I
nit
iat
esepar at
e
monitori
ngmechani smst omoni t
orthesettlementofl andceili
ngdisputesandt o
i
mpr ovetheti
melyset t
lementofcasesandenf orcementofv er
dict
s;andexpedi t
e
di
stri
buti
onofculti
v abl
est atel
andamongl andlessf ar
mers.

4.Dev
elopmentofi
ndust
ry
Revi
valofthei ndust
ri
algrowthwasalsopr esent
edintheideaofdev el
opmentbyPTIi n
2013’
selection.Asindustr
yofacountryist hemanufactur
ingsour
ceofpr oduct
sthat
thecount
rypr oducesandt hi
sdi
rect
lyrepresentstheGDPoft hecountry.Theref
ore,PTI
suggest
edt hatthereshouldbeanimprovementi ntheindust
ri
alfi
eldoft hecountr
y.

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5.Smal
landmedi
um ent
erpr
isesSMEs
Smal landMedi um Enter
pri
ses(SMEs)arethegrowthengi
nesoftheeconomyand
accountf or94%ofgr owthi
ndev el
opedeconomiesoftheworl
d.I
nPakistanthese
businessesaccountf or30%ofourGDPbutpr ovi
deemploymenttoapproxi
mately70%
ofourl aborfor
ce.TheSMEsect orhasbeenlongneglect
edandhasnotbeenabl eto
pl
ayt her ol
ethattheyhavethepotent
ial
ofplayi
nginthecount
ry’
seconomic
development .

6.Laborr
efor
ms
PTIplannedonbr i
ngingl aborrefor
msi nt
heiraut
horit
ywhent heygetthegov
ernment
seatbecauselaborist hebaseoft hecountr
ythatworksinor dertobri
ngthecountr
yto
abetterl
evelandfort his;l
aborhast obefaci
li
tat
edwel l
byt hegov er
nmentandlabor
mustgiventherightsandt her
eshouldbeassociatedsomef acili
ti
essothatt
heyget
themot i
vat
iontowor kef fi
cient
lyandtostayhonestwiththeircountr
y.

7.Tour
ism
Tour i
sm wouldbeencour agedasameansf orgenerat
ingemploymentandinvestment
i
nt helocaleconomy .ThePTIwi l
l:
Promot edomestictourism toforgenationalcohesi
on;
Dev el
opanat i
onalpolicyfortour
ism toencour agesmallt
omedium inv
estorsin
promot i
ngdomest i
ct ouri
sm; and
Prepareacompr ehensi v
epol i
cywi t
htheallocati
onofnecessar
yresourcestoprot
ect
nati
onalheriage.
t

(
BYTANI
ANADI
RAF-
1289)

FI
NANACI
ALPOLI
CIESOFPTI2018’
sMANI
FESTO
Pakist
an Tehr eek-e-I
nsaf came wi th a spect
acular moti
vei n 2018’ s el ect
ion.
Consideringtheirmajori
tyvot erswhi
chwast heyouthofthecountry,theyintr
oduceda
l
otthatcoul dbri
ngr efor
msi nt hecountr
yandassureabetterf
utureforthey oungones.
PTIintroducedpol i
ciesr el
atedt oevery
thi
ngthatacount ryworkst hrough,themost
i
mpor tantconsi dered f
oran under -
devel
oped countr
yi sthe financialpolicy that
economi cal
lystabil
i
zest hecount r
y.

PTIi
ntr
oducedf
inanci
alpol
i
cyt
hroughv
ari
ouspoi
nts:
 Ref
orm FBR

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 Create10Mi l
li
onj obsandst rengthenthelabor
 MakePaki stanbusi ness-fr
iendly
 Rev i
vemanuf act uri
ngandf acil
it
aterapidgrowthoft
heSMEs
 Transfor m keyeconomi cinsti
tuti
ons
 Ensur eCPECt ranslatesintoagamechanger
 Boostt het ourism industry
 Turnar oundI Tsect ortobuildaknowl edgeeconomy
 Strengt heninternational
trade
 Rev i
talizetexti
lesect or
 Boostexpor t

Throught hesepoi nts;PTIexpl ai

nedhowt heycani mpr ovet hef i
nanci alconditi
onoft he
countr
y .Thesepoi ntsar eexplainedi ndetailsbel ow:
1.FBRRef or m:Wheni n2018,Paki st an’sGDPwasbel owt hanther equi
redrat io
andi twasconsi deredabadsi gnoft hepr ev iousgov ernment ’
sper for
manceas
thecount ryhast opayal otofdebt s.Ther efore,PTIi ntroducedschemest hat
somehow wi l
lmaket hecount ryabl et opayt hedebt s.Taxat i
onwast hefirst
reformt hatt heyintroduced.Poi nt
si ntroducedbyt hem wer e:
 I ncreaseFBRsaut onomybyr educingt hei nf luenceofMi nist r
yofFinance.
 Champi ont heshi f
ttowar dsdi recttaxat ion.
 I ncentivizebusi nessest obecomeapar toft hef ormal economy .
 Champi onsust ainableinitiati
vestor educet axesonbusi nesses.
 Si mpl i
fyt axassessmentr ulesforcor por ationsandsmal lbusi nesses.
 I ntegratet axr egistr
ati
onwi t
hassoci at edpr ocessest or educet het r
ansact i
on
costoft axes.
 I mpr oveaudi tsbyest ablishingr i
skengi nesandsmar tal gori
thmst oi dentify
pot enti
al taxpayers.
 Publ i
shnamesofnon- compl i
antdebt or sandst ronglypur suel argetaxev aders.
 Cr ackdownoncor r
uptpr act i
cesthatpr omot et axev asion.

2.10Mi
l
li
onj
obsandl
aborst
rengt
hen:
Arti
cle38oft heconstitut
ionstat
est hatthe“st
ateshallprovi
deforallci
ti
zens”.Thi
s
wast hepointthatPTIusedast heirpositi
vepoi
nttoi nt
roduceanew pointbecause
Pakistanl
ackedi njobsandpeopl edi dnotevenhavehousest oli
ve,PTIcamewi tha
soluti
onin2018’select
ion.
PTIpr omi
sedt hatthey’
lldosuchr eformsthatwil
lcreate10mi l
l
ionjobsthroughfiv
e
yearsandwi l
lpr ov
ide5mi l
li
onhousest ohomelesspeoplebyintroduci
ngeasyway
schemes.
3.MakePaki
stanbusi
ness-
fr
iendl
y:

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PTIwi
“ l
lputPaki
stani
nthet
op100economi
esoft
hewor
ldaccor
dingt
otheWor
ld
Bank’ sdoingbusinessranki
ngsinf i
vey ears”thiswast hepointbasedbyPTIi n2018’s
electionf ormaki ngPakist
anbusi nessf ri
endly.Paki stan’
sEaseofDoi ngBusi ness
Ranki nghaspl ummetedf r
om 107t o147si nce2013.Thi slow r anki
ngispr imaril
y
drivenbyweakandcumber somepr ocessest oest abl i
shanddobusi nesswhi chi s
furtherexacer bat
edbycor ruptpracticesandi ncompet entmanagementbyr el
evant
i
nst it
utions.BymakingPakistanbusinessfriendly,
investorswillconfi
dentl
yinvestinthe
count ryandf l
owofbusinesswilli
mpr ovethef i
nancialconditi
onoft hecountry
.
4.Rev
ivemanuf
act
uri
ngandf
aci
l
itat
erapi
dgr
owt
hoft
heSMEs
Smal landmedi um si zeenterpri
sesar easourceofr apidfl
owofeconomyi nthecountr
y
therefor
ePTI ’smani festoincl
udedt heSMEsandpr esent
edt heideaofgrowingthe
SMEssot hatt heycani mprovet hemanuf act
ur ingandproducti
onwhichwil
lult
imatel
y
i
mpr ovethepr oductgr owthoft hecount ryl eadi
ngt hecountrytobett
erment.PTI
presentedsomepoi ntswhichar e:
 I mprov edaccesst ofunding
 Adv ancedt echnologytof aci
li
tatei
nnov ation
 Ef fi
cientt r
anspor t&war ehousingfaci
li
ties
 Par tnersf orJointVentures
 Costshar i
ngsol uti
ons
 Techni cal assistanceont ax,l
egalandr egulator
ycompliance.
5.Tr
ansf
orm keyeconomi
cinst
it
uti
ons
PTIwi llt ur
naround St ate-Owned Ent erpri
ses (SOEs)by creati
ng a wealthfund,
aggressivedepolit
ici
sationandt hr
oughef fect
iveperf
ormancemanagementofcapabl e
andaut onomousl eadership.
Thiswast hepointpresent edbyPTIf orimprovementoftheSt at
eowned enterpr
ises
SOEs( PIA,Rail
wayandPaki st
ansteels).ByimprovementoftheseSOEs,Paki
stancould
gai
nagoodamountoff inancef ortheeconomy .
6.Ensur
eCPECt
ransl
atesi
ntoagamechanger
“Wewi l
lcr
eatesol
idtwo-
wayl inkageswithChinaandpromoteanindi
genousresour
ce
focusedgr
owthstrat
egytoleveragetradeinfr
astr
uct
ureofCPECandOBOR”pr esent
ed
PTI.Thist
radecouldsur
elybringr ef
ormsandi mprovementi
nthecountr
y’seconomy
soPTIincl
udedit
scompilat
ionint hei
rmanifest
o.
7.Boostt
het
our
ism i
ndust
ry
PTIintr
oducedapoi ntthatcontai
nedtheimprov
ementofcountry’
simageandthr
ough
thattheyar eplanni
ngt oenhancet hetouri
sm ofthecountry.Tour
ism canatt
ract
special
l
yt hepeoplefr
om outsidethecountr
ywhichwillmakei
tasourceofgener
ating
moneyf orthecountr
ytoulti
mat el
yimprov
etheGDPgr owthoft
hecountry
.
8.Tur
nar
oundI
Tsect
ort
obui
l
daknowl
edgeeconomy
PTIwil
lchampionPaki
stan’
sjourneytowar
dsaknowledgeeconomy,digit
izati
onand
boostt
heI Texpor
tswithacr oss-cut
ti
ngstr
ategydr
ivenf
rom thecenter,improv
ed

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i
nfrastr
ucture,uplif
ti
ng our human capi t
al,supporti
vet ax pol
i
cies,i
ncent
ivi
zi
ng
i
nnov at
ionandencour agingent
repr
eneurshi
p.
Improvi
ngt heITinfr
astruct
urecani
mpr ovetheacti
vi
ti
esrel
atingt
oeconomyandhence
canimpr ovethegrowthconsist
encyinthecountr
y.
9.St
rengt
heni
nter
nat
ional
trade
Relat
edt ointernat
ionaltr
ade;fol
l
owingpointwaspr esent
edbyPTIi n2018’smanif
esto
“PTIwoul dimplementst r
uctur
alchangestotheexisti
ngandoutdatedsystem tocr
eate
acompr ehensi
v eandi nt
egrat
edappr oachtoimproveourbalanceofpay ments,dri
ve
i
nnovat i
onanddi versi
fyourexport
s”.
Bydoi ngi nter
nati
onalt r
adeimpr ovement,Paki
stancanest abl
ishaposi t
ionwhere
countr
ycancomef or
wardintheleadingli
stsoftheeconomies.Pakist
ancani mprove
i
tsexpor ts.
10. Rev
ital
i
zet
ext
il
esect
orandboostexpor
ts
AsPakistanisawel lknowncount r
yforpr oducingcottonandclothi
ngi ndustr
y.PTI
’s
moti
v eexpl
ainedinthemani fest
opresentedt heideaofi mprov
ingthet ext
il
eindust
ry
asitfacedadowngr adeint hepast5y ear s.Texti
leindust
rycanpr oduceclothesof
desi
redexportquali
tythatcanbr i
ngeconomi cbenef i
tsforthecountry.Bydoingthi
s;
Paki
stan’
sexportcanbeul t
imatel
yboosted.
(
BYSYEDAAREEBAMASODAF-
1295)

El
ect
oral
Per
for
mances:
1997and2002gener
alel
ect
ions:
Lessthanay earaft
eritsfounding,PTIcontest
edthe 
1997gener
alel
ect
ions.Imran
Khanstoodi
nsev enconst
it
uenciesacrossPakist
anbutdi
dnotwi
namajori
tyinany.
I
nthe 2002gener
alelect
ions,part
ychai
rmanI
mranKhanwononeseatf
rom Mi
anwal
i
.
PTIsecured0.
8%ofthepopul arv
ote.

2008gener
alel
ect
ions:
PTIopenl
yboy cot
tedthe 
Paki
stanigener
alel
ecti
on 
on18Febr uar
y2008becausei
t
bel
i
evedthatt
heelect
ionwasfr
audulentandl
acedwit
hir
regul
ari
ti
es.

2013gener
alel
ect
ions:
Pakistan'
s 2013 elect
ions 
were held on 11 May2013 t hroughoutthe country
.The
elect
ionsr esul
tedinaclearmajori
tyoft he 
PakistanMuslim League(N),
astrongrivalof
PakistanTehr eek-
e-I
nsafbutitdidmanagedt ot akeoverthe Paki
stanPeopleParty as
themai nopposi ti
ontoPML- N'scandi datesint hePunjabPr ovi
ncewheret hepar t
ies
popularit
ywasabl eto push 20 representat
ivest othePunj ab Assembly. 
PTIal so

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emer
gedast
hesecondl
argestpar
tyi
n Kar
achi
.
Whi l
eaccor dingt onon- offi
cialresultsannouncedbyPaki stanimedi aandt he Elect ion
Commi ssion ofPaki st
an.I mran Khan,Chai rman ofPTIwon t hree oft he f our
const i
tuencies he cont ested wi nning f rom Const i
tuency NA- 1,
 
Const i
tuency NA-
56 and Const ituency NA- 71. While Khan' s par ty PTI won 31 di rectly el ect ed
parli
ament aryseat swhichi smor ethan300percentmor ethani tgotin2002el ect ions.
PTIwas t hird-
largest par t
y nat ionall
y as wel las bei ng t he largest in Khy ber
Pakht unkhwa  andsecondl argesti n 
Punjab.  
InKhy berPakht unkhwa,PTIdef eatedal l
mai nstream pol it
icalpar t
iesacr osst hepr ovincewi t
hmost l
ynew candi dates.Ital so
wonev er yseati n Peshawar ,
 Nowsher a 
and Mar dandistri
ct,itisexpect edt hatPTIwi l
l
l
eada  coalit
iongov ernment  
inthepr ovi
nce.PTIcoul dn'
tmanaget owi namaj orityi n
Punj ab but made some wi ns whi l
e bar ely managed t o make any i nr oads
i
n Sindh  or 
Baluchistan.PTIgot34 outof99 seat sint he KhyberPakht unkhwa
Assembl y

2018gener
alel
ect
ions:
Paki stan's 2018 el ections  wer e hel d on 25 July2018 t hroughoutt he count ry.The
electionsr esul tedi nacl earmaj ori
tyoft hePaki stanTehr eek- e-Insafi nt heNat ional
assembl ywi th116wonseat s.Af ter28womenand5Mi nor i
tyseat s, t
het otalnumberof
seat sr eached149.Paki stanTehr eek-
e-I
nsafobt ained0.16mi lli
onv oteswi th31. 82%of
totalcastv otes,hencef or mingagov ernmenti nt hecent erwi tht heal l
ianceof  MQM-
P, PML( Q), BAP,  
BNP- M,  GDA,  AML  and JWP.PTIal sof ormedgov ernmenti n Khy ber
Pakht unkhwa  byhav ing78seat s, 
Punjab byhav ing175seat sandagov ernmentof
all
iancei n Bal ochistan.Fol l
owi ngEl ecti
ons ImranKhan  wasel ect edasPr imemi nister
obt aining176agai nst  Mi anM.ShehbazShar if 
whoobt ained96v otes.PTIwasal so
successf uli n el ect i
ng i ts Speaker  
and deput y speaker nat i
onalassembl y,
 Asad
Qai ser  
and Qasi m Sur i
 respect ively. On 4 Sept ember 2018,  Ar i
f Al vi 
got el ect ed
as 13t h Presi dentofPaki stan.PTInomi nated 
Usman Ahmad Khan Buzdar  
as C. M.
Punj ab, MahmoodKhan  as C. M.KPK  and Jam KamalKhan  as  C.M.Bal ochi
st an.The
par ty al so appoi nted i t s gov ernors 
;
 Muhammad Sar war  as  Gov ernor of Punj ab,
Paki stan, I
mr anI smai l as  Gov ernorofSi ndh 
and ShahFar man  as  Gov ernorofKhy ber
Pakht unkhwa.  Pri
meMi nisterofPaki stan,
 I
mr anKhan  appoi nt edhi s cabinet withkey
appoi nt ment s of  Mi nisterofFi nance given to Asad Umar  and  Mi nisterofFor eign
Affairs to ShahMehmoodQur eshi .

Par
tyWi
ngs:
Cent
ral
Tar
biy
ati
Counci
l(CTC)
:
I
nJune2014,aCent ralTar
biy
atiCounci
lwascr eat
edwhoseconvenerisFir
dous
Shami
m Naqv
i,I
n-char
geforCurri
cul
um Devel
opment 
AbdulQuay
yum KhanKundi
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chargeMater
ialProductionKhawarShamsulHasan,I n-chargeImplementati
on and
Monitori
ngColEjazMi nhas.TheTarbiy
atiCounci
lwillber esponsi
bletotrai
npar t
y
acti
vist
soni
deology,
electioncampai
gns,andot
herorgani
zati
onal matt
ers.
PTIWomenWi
ng:
PakistanTehr eek-e-I
nsafhasadedi catedcent ralwi ngforwomen,l edby  Nausheen
Hami d asitsel ectedpr esidentand SeemiEzdi  asi tsel
ectedgener alsecr etar
y.PTI
str
ongl ydeclar
esi tsrecogni t
ionoftherightsofwomenandunder t
akest opromot eand
i
mpl ementpol iciesthatpr otectwomenf r
om allst r
ataofsociety,especial
lythemi ddl
e
andwor ki
ngclasses, recognisingurbanandr uralasequalci t
izensandencour agi
ngthe
part
icipati
onofwomeni nnat i
onalandpol i
ti
callife.Paki
stanTehr eek-e-I
nsafstrongl
y
bel
ievesi ntherepresent ati
onofwomenatal l
deci sion-
makinglevels.

I
nterSt
udentFeder
ati
on(
ISF)
:
The 
InsafStudentFederati
on 
istheof f
ici
alstudentwingofPaki
stanTehr
eek-
e-I
nsaf
.
I
SFi spresentinal
lprovi
ncesofPaki st
an.ISFhasheldmanyprot
estsandral
li
esinal
l
part
sofPaki st
antocreateawarenessaboutdiff
erenti
ssues.
I
nsafYout
hWi
ng:
PakistanTehreek-
e-I
nsafhasayout
hwingforpeopl
eundertheageof40tohelpbri
ng
att
entiontotheiri
ssuesandprobl
ems.PTIYouthWingisledbyAliAbbasBukhar
ias
theelectedpr
esident
.

Cont
rov
ersi
es:
Pr
otest
sandci
vi
ldi
sobedi
ence:
PTIl auncheditsfir
stdhar
naon14August2014.Thepar t
ywasinvol
vedinlay
ingsi
ege
and par alyzi
ng the capi
talofPaki
stan,Isl
amabad to st
op t
he Governmentfr
om
functioning.PTIwaschargedwit
htar
getingPaki
stant
elev
isi
onandparl
i
amentandalso
targetinglawenforcement.
Thepart
yfounderI
mranKhanburnedhi
sut i
l
itybi
l
lst
oencour
aget
hepar
ti
cipant
sto
j
oinhi
sprot
estagai
nstr
isi
ngel
ect
ri
cit
ypr
ices.
Just
iceWaj
i
huddi
nTr
ibunal
:
PTIformerleaderandi nchargef orpart
yelecti
ontr
ibunaltoinvesti
gat
ethecorrupti
on
andf r
audandPTI '
si nt
ernalelecti
onr i
gging.Histr
ibunalexpell
edSecretarygeneral
JahangirTareen,PTI'
sKPK Chi efMi ni
sterPervezKhat t
akandseni orleaderNadi r
Laghariaf
terformanipulat
ingintr
o-part
ypollsandal
sor eport
edfraudsi
npar t
yfunds.

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Waj
i
huddi
nwasl
aterexpel
l
edf
rom t
hepar
tybyI
mranKhan
At
tacksonj
our
nal
i
standhar
assmentofwomenbyal
l
egedPTIsuppor
ter
s:
PTIsuppor
ter
shavebeenreport
edtohav eat
tackedmediapersonsdur
ingt
heirprotest
demos.Sever
alf
emalejour
nali
stshav
er epor
tedharassmentbythepar
tyworkers.The
har
assmentofwomenhasal sobeenreport
edinPTI'sgat
heri
ngs.
DuringPTI
'
spubl
i
cprot
est
s,GeoNewsDSNG'shadtoremovethei
rst
ickersi
nordert
o
escapepart
ywor
ker
s'v
andal
ism.
 PTIwor
ker
salsoat
tacked 
GeoNews Isl
amabad
off
ice.

Al
l
egat
ionsofconspi
racyt
odi
ssol
vegov
ernmentusi
ngj
udi
ciar
y:
PTI'
sex-pr
esi
dentMakhdoom Jav
edHashmihasal
l
egedthatI
mr anKhanwas
conspi
ri
ngtodissol
vet
hegovernmentwi
tht
heSupremecourt
'schi
efjust
ice 
Nasi
rul
Mulk.

Concl
usi
on:
Paki stani sagr eatexper imenti nnur turingand  sust ai
ningpol it
icalunityamongdi verse
peopl ebasedoncommoni deol ogy .Despi tethecommonst randsofnat ionalunity,we
hav er ichanddi v
ersecul t
ur es,includi ngt hoseoft her eligi
ousmi norities.Cul t
uraland
ethni cdi versitydoesn'tbr i
ngdi scor dbutmakesoursoci etyr i
chandt olerant.Wemust
nur t
ur eandal lowev eryoppor t
uni t
yf orthisdi versi
tyofcul tureandt r
adi ti
onst of l
our i
sh
Asanat ionwecannotsucceedasl ongasoureconomydependsonhandout sfrom
i
nt ernat ionallendersanddonor s.Thepol ici
esofi nternat i
onall endershav er estr
icted
thecapaci tyoft heor dinaryci tizent ol i
veal if
eofdi gnity.Wemustst ri
vef orsel f-
reli
ance.Thegoalofsel f-
reliancedoesnoti nanywayi mplyt hatwei solateour selves
from t hegl obaleconomy .Itonl yshowsourconv i
ctiont hatbyr estor
ingt het rustoft he
peopl ei npubl icinsti
tutionswecani mpr ovet heirpot enti
alandmobi li
zet hem f ora
bet t
ert omor row.PTIof feranewandcr edibleleader shipt hati scommi ttedtor estor i
ng
Paki stan' spoliti
calandeconomi csov ereigntybybui l
dinganewbondoft r
ustbet ween
thegov ernmentandt hepeopl e.Onl yt hrought heact i
vepar ticipati
onoft hepeopl et hey
cancol lectivelymobi l
izeourhumanandmat erialresour cest of orgeaheadont her oad
toaconf i
dentandsel f-reli
antnat ion.Buti t'snotacakewal kf orthem tomakePaki stan
bet t
er .Peopl eneedt omaket heef fortsi multaneousl ysot hatatt heendoft hedaywe
canendupourl eader'
sj our neyi nawi nningcausej ustl i
kehi st eam didi n1992.

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