PTI backtracks on promise not to spend funds through MPAs - Pakistan

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But after coming to power in Punjab, the party sought development proposals from its members of the provincial assembly. </p> <p>A senior leader of the party told Dawn that the MPAs submitted their development proposals to the government last month but due to the financial crisis the funds were yet to be released. </p> <p>“PTI’s parliamentary meeting is scheduled to be held in Lahore on Monday to discuss issues pertaining to the ruling party members in their respective districts. The MPAs will ask the provincial government to start development works.” </p> <blockquote> <p>Punjab govt collects proposals from ruling party lawmakers to carry out development works worth Rs100m each</p> </blockquote> <p>He said the ruling party members had also decided to raise the issue of bureaucracy as senior officials of the district administrations were not cooperating with them to resolve problems of the citizens. </p> <p>He said the MPAs also wanted to launch new projects in their areas, especially in those union councils which were neglected during the tenure of the PML-N government. </p> <p>He said the party also wanted to change the local government system in the province as at present the PML-N has a majority in all the municipal corporations and district councils. Any changes to the local government law could only be made through the provincial assembly but the PTI does not have the required majority in the house. </p> <p>In this situation, he added, the provincial government had allocated Rs100 million for each ruling party MPA and asked them to submit their development proposals. </p> <p>“We have submitted the development proposals to the Punjab government which would release the funds soon,” Chaudhry Adnan, PTI MPA from Rawalpindi city, told Dawn.</p> <p>He said there was a dire need to launch new projects in many areas as the previous government remained busy in executing projects to make commissions. </p> <p>“The shortage of water and other issues were ignored in the past and being elected representatives of the people it is our duty to inform the government about it,” he said. </p> <p>The MPA said the PTI lawmakers had presented their proposals to the government which would spend funds on the sectors as pointed out by the MPAs. </p> <p>When contacted, MPA Umer Tanveer of the PTI said the development funds would be spent by the government and the role of the ruling party MPAs was only to identify problems of the residents. </p> <p>“The provincial government allocated Rs100 million for each constituency and in this regard we will give a presentation in the parliamentary meeting on Jan 14,” he said. </p> <p>The government would also resolve problems of the citizens in the cantonment areas as the proposals included water supply schemes. </p> <p>On the other hand, a senior official of the district administration told Dawn that the previous PML-N government in Punjab made a political move before the general elections by preparing the development plan in 2018 and launching many projects. </p> <p>“More than 50pc work on the projects had been completed on these development schemes worth over Rs3 billion and the provincial government would not take the risk of stopping work on them. These projects have to be completed before launching new schemes.” </p> <p>The official said the government was facing problems to start new schemes before completing the ongoing ones. </p> <p>“It is the basic reason behind the delay in the release of funds for the new projects. 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Shows lack of experience.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Mohan , " class="button p-t-one-eighth p-b-one-eighth px-2 mr-2 comment__reply bg-transparent text-grey size-two border-0 rounded-none border-none hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray"/> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1457397/up-6638103">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1457397/up-6638103">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6638222" data-id="2"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Raza</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-14T10:04:03+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-14T10:04:03+05:00">Jan 14, 2019 10:04am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>I am shocked. This is huge blowback.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Raza, " class="button p-t-one-eighth p-b-one-eighth px-2 mr-2 comment__reply bg-transparent text-grey size-two border-0 rounded-none border-none hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray"/> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1457397/up-6638222">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1457397/up-6638222">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6638298" data-id="3"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Love Your Country</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-14T10:23:00+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-14T10:23:00+05:00">Jan 14, 2019 10:23am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Back track - another fancy name for U turn, right?</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Love Your Country, " class="button p-t-one-eighth p-b-one-eighth px-2 mr-2 comment__reply bg-transparent text-grey size-two border-0 rounded-none border-none hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray"/> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1457397/up-6638298">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1457397/up-6638298">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6638327" data-id="4"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Sceptic </div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-14T10:29:41+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-14T10:29:41+05:00">Jan 14, 2019 10:29am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Another day. Another U-turn.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Sceptic , " class="button p-t-one-eighth p-b-one-eighth px-2 mr-2 comment__reply bg-transparent text-grey size-two border-0 rounded-none border-none hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray"/> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1457397/up-6638327">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1457397/up-6638327">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6638407" data-id="5"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Mansur Ul Haque</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-01-14T10:55:47+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-01-14T10:55:47+05:00">Jan 14, 2019 10:55am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Thin majority is the main reason for this</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Mansur Ul Haque, " class="button p-t-one-eighth p-b-one-eighth px-2 mr-2 comment__reply bg-transparent text-grey size-two border-0 rounded-none border-none hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray"/> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" 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14, 2019 11:26am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>All rulers are same.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Irfan, " class="button p-t-one-eighth p-b-one-eighth px-2 mr-2 comment__reply bg-transparent text-grey size-two border-0 rounded-none border-none hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray"/> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1457397/up-6638504">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1457397/up-6638504">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div>  </article> </div> </div> </main> <aside class="pb-4">  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data-id="1457201" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190114063429/https://www.dawn.com/news/1457201/the-emperors-new-clothes" class="story__link">The emperor’s new clothes </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190114063429/https://www.dawn.com/authors/193/cyril-almeida">Cyril Almeida</a></span> </div></article>  </div> </div><div class="clear--both"> </div></div> </div> <div class="border-3 border-r-0 border-b-0 border-l-0 border-solid border-black mx-sm-2 mx-0 clearfix"> <h3 class="my-2"><a class="font--playfair-display size-nine leading-tight text-black-light" href="/web/20190114063429/https://www.dawn.com/opinion">Opinion</a></h3> <div class=" slideshow--list px-0 pr-sm-2 col-sm-4 col-12 float-left mt-2"> <div class="clear--both"> <div class="slideshow--row__item active pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 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font--georgia ">Why would a judge suddenly go against his own ethos? </div> </article>  </div> </div><div class="clear--both"> </div></div> <div class=" slideshow--list px-0 col-sm-8 col-12 float-left mt-2"> <div class="clear--both"> <div class="slideshow--row__item active pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="0" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1457429" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190114063429/https://www.dawn.com/news/1457429/defining-culture"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190114063429im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/01/5c3bb897baa10.jpg" alt="Defining culture"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1457429" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190114063429/https://www.dawn.com/news/1457429/defining-culture" class="story__link">Defining culture </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190114063429/https://www.dawn.com/authors/252/huma-yusuf">Huma Yusuf</a></span> </div>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">People are left wondering what comprises their culture. </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="1" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1457428" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190114063429/https://www.dawn.com/news/1457428/private-school-politics"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190114063429im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/01/5c3bb827f2a12.jpg" alt="Private school politics"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1457428" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190114063429/https://www.dawn.com/news/1457428/private-school-politics" class="story__link">Private school politics </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190114063429/https://www.dawn.com/authors/498/umair-javed">Umair Javed</a></span> </div>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">Should education be treated like a car or a bar of soap? </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="2" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1457427" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190114063429/https://www.dawn.com/news/1457427/currency-management"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190114063429im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/01/5c3bb7d65fda3.jpg" alt="Currency management"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1457427" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190114063429/https://www.dawn.com/news/1457427/currency-management" class="story__link">Currency management </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190114063429/https://www.dawn.com/authors/5014/nadir-cheema">Nadir Cheema</a></span> </div>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">Pakistan’s opinion-makers are major beneficiaries of an artificially low rupee-dollar rate. </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="3" style="float:left;width:24%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1457202" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190114063429/https://www.dawn.com/news/1457202/a-chinese-re-education"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190114063429im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/01/5c3a8c203cb0d.jpg" alt="A Chinese ‘re-education’"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1457202" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190114063429/https://www.dawn.com/news/1457202/a-chinese-re-education" class="story__link">A Chinese ‘re-education’ </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190114063429/https://www.dawn.com/authors/363/muhammad-amir-rana">Muhammad Amir Rana</a></span> </div>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">Mystery continues to shroud the nature of the camps in Xinjiang. </div> </article>  </div> </div><div class="clear--both"> </div></div> </div> <div class="border-3 border-r-0 border-b-0 border-l-0 border-solid border-black mx-sm-2 mx-0"> <h3 class="my-2"><a class="font--playfair-display size-nine leading-tight text-black-light" href="/web/20190114063429/https://www.dawn.com/opinion">Editorial</a></h3> <div class=" slideshow--list mt-2"> <div class="clear--both"> <div class="slideshow--row__item active pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="0" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1457426" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text-grey font--arial ">January 14, 2019</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1457426" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-four sm-size-five leading-tight "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190114063429/https://www.dawn.com/news/1457426/jit-or-institutional-reform" class="story__link">JIT or institutional reform? </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">A JIT CULTURE that appears to have developed in the country — institutions and political parties seeking ad hoc,... </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="1" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1457425" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text-grey font--arial ">January 14, 2019</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1457425" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-four sm-size-five leading-tight "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190114063429/https://www.dawn.com/news/1457425/child-brides" class="story__link">Child brides </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">CHILD marriages are a regressive practice that deeply harms the girl child — typically made the victim of such a... </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="2" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1457424" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text-grey font--arial ">January 14, 2019</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1457424" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-four sm-size-five leading-tight "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190114063429/https://www.dawn.com/news/1457424/typhoid-crisis" class="story__link">Typhoid crisis </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">IT has been at least a couple of years, now, that medical associations have been pointing out the outbreak of a... </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="3" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1457205" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text-grey font--arial ">January 13, 2019</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1457205" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-four sm-size-five leading-tight "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190114063429/https://www.dawn.com/news/1457205/mr-president-halt-khizars-execution" class="story__link">Mr President, halt Khizar’s execution </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">THE urgency could not be more acute. 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