ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has named the new organisational structure for Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Information Minister announced on Saturday, a day after the premier dissolved all bodies after K-P setback.
According to Fawad Chaudhry, Planning Minister Asad Umar had been chosen as the secretary general, while Member of National Assembly (MNA) Amir Mahmood Kayani was named Additional Secretary General of the party.
The following individuals had been named the presidents for various provincial divisions. 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; Minister for Industries Khusro Bakhtiar for South Punjab.
چئرمین تحریک انصاف جناب عمران خان نے عامر محمود کیانی کو پارٹی کا ایڈیشنل سیکرٹری جنرل نامزد کیا ہے https://t.co/MHsL3c1dSf
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) December 25, 2021
The Information Minister had announced the dissolution of previous organisations in a press conference on Friday after a meeting of the party’s senior leadership that was chaired by the premier.
Fawad said the premier had expressed dissatisfaction over the party’s performance in KP local body polls where it suffered an embarrassing defeat. He said that according to the results of the elections in village councils, the PTI was still the “biggest party in the province”.
“However, the way tickets were awarded PTI does not believe in dynastic politics. PM Imran has never let his personal relations affect his mission,” he added. He said that the PTI leadership had debated the party’s organisational structure.
Chaudhry further said that the way the PTI should have participated in the local government polls was not evident on ground. “Therefore, the prime minister decided to dissolve all organisations from the centre to the tehsils, he added.
“It has also been decided that the local leadership will not award party tickets when it comes to their relatives. A special committee will be formed where the case will be forwarded and it will decide whether or not to award the ticket,” he had added.
In the elections held in the 17 districts of KP on December 19, the PTI, which has been in power in the province since 2013, showed a dismal performance, conceding ground to the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Fazl (JUI-F).
According to the provisional results of 47 of the 63 tehsils declared by the Election Commission of Pakistan, the JUI-F won 17 seats of mayor/chairperson while the PTI came in second by securing 12 seats. Independent candidates grabbed the third highest number of seats at seven, followed by Awami National Party at six, PML-N at three and Jamaat-i-Islami, PPP and Tehreek-i-Islahat Pakistan bagging one seat each.
