ISLAMABAD: A review report on the reasons for the defeat in the local body elections in KPK was presented to Prime Minister Imran Khan. The premier has directed to take action against the responsible personalities
The investigation report into the defeat in the first phase of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) local government (LG) polls has held nine lawmakers responsible for the defeat.
After the election defeat in PTI’s stronghold Peshawar, an investigation report was presented to Prime Minister Imran Khan in which nine Upper House lawmakers including the governor, speaker of the National Assembly were declared responsible for poor performance.
Moreover, four provincial ministers among 11 lawmakers from the KP Assembly were also held responsible for PTI’s defeat.
The investigation report blamed inflation, wrong distribution of party tickets among candidates and internal conflicts of local leaders for impacting the election results that had gone go against the ruling political party.
According to a report of private news channel, KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan called on PM Imran Khan in Islamabad today in which he presented the investigation report to the premier, detailing the poor performance of the leadership in the recent LG polls in 17 districts.
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The report covered all areas of weakness of the political party to expose the reason of PTI’s electoral loss in KP. Those lawmakers and senior leaders have been named in the report who had not supported the political party.
Sources said that the premier issued guidelines to the chief minister regarding the strategy of KP LG polls’ second phase.
