PTI to train 10,000 workers for LG polls
LAHORE, Pakistan: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf will train over 10,000 workers to take up the task of local bodies elections arrangements.
According to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Punjab, organiser and former Governor of PML-N, Chaudhry Sarwar, training to 10,000 workers was a part of Political Development Training Programme (PDTP) for workers to enable them observing transparency in forthcoming local bodies elections.
In a press statement issued here on Tuesday, he said the PTI was the largest political party and it would not go into electoral partnership with any political party but its district organisations would be allowed to go into seat adjustment with other parties on need basis.
Chaudhry Sarwar claimed that PTI would defeat all political parties in the local bodies and general election as well. He was of the view that PTI was the first party that was giving training to its workers how to conduct and oversee election process. It may be mentioned Ch. Sarwar joined PTI after resigning as Government of province of Punjab.
He renounced his British citizenship in August 2013 following confirmation for governorship of Punjab representing Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) . He resigned from the position on 29 January 2015 days after criticizing the government’s foreign policy. He announced accession to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on 10 February 2015. However sources said that Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif was not happy after receiving intelligence reports claiming that Ch. Sarwar was the man behind longest ever sit in of political parties outside Pakistani Parliament.
Intelligence reports provided to Prime Minister further claimed that Mr. Sarwar had been funding PTI even when he was in UK and and PML-N could not trust this man. After receiving such information, Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif reportedly sent a message to Ch. Sarwar to resign but instead of resigning, Ch. Sarwar reportedly started criticizing PML-N government and resigned after a pause of certain weeks for giving a gesture that his resign was linked with his differences with Prime Minister Mian Nawaz over foreign policy of Pakistan.
