MALAKAND (Dargai): Showing utter disregard to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP,) orders and the rules of law , Prime minister Imran Khan, addressed a public rally at Malakand (Dargai) on Sunday. It’s second turn that the prime minister has defied ECP orders to address the public rally in Khyber Pukhtunkhaw }KPK) . He kept on lashing out at his political opponents as usual calling them as ‘shameless’, ‘stooges’ and ‘plunderers’ to make his followers believe that his government was looking after their country’s interests by publically lashing out at European Union (EU) ambassadors based in Pakistan for demanding Pakistan through a letter to denounce Russian attack on Ukraine . The prime minister had brought a issue of diplomacy in the public for the first time while addressing a public rally in Malsee in Southern Punjab . Some serious circles had criticised the prime minister for publically lashing out at EU ambassadors as it could be done by the concerned departments . But the prime minister seems convinced that he can drag everything at any forum to get a political edge over opponents.
The prime minister told the participants of the rally that health card programme, ‘Panagah’ and loans faculty for housing and businesses were the biggest achievements of his government . He also announced relief for pro poor in the form of subsidy on essential items to protect them from rising price hike. He said the prices of essential items have gone up domestically due to a global trend of high inflation in post covid times but his government was doing a number of steps to provide relief to the low income group . The prime minister also counted many achievements of his government like negotiation of power rates with Independent Power Producers (IPPs) which, he claimed, saved RS 200 billion of the nation and similarly renegotiation of gas rates with Qatar secured hundred of billions of rupees of the nation . He said his government is protecting the future of the people of Pakistan by starting 10 new water reserviors to add to Pakistan. water storage for irrigation of more agriculture lands
The prime minister also called the resettled agreement of Reko Diq mines as a good news for Pakistan . He said his government is striving for fast development of Balochistan which lagged behind to other areas in the past.
The prime minister accused dissidents of his party claiming that deserters and their families will face public wrath . He offered his dissident party member national assembly to return to the party and as a fatherly figure he would forgive them. The prime minister reiterated that he would never bow down to any pressure . He also cursed on becoming a turncoat and declared that instead becoming a turncoat he would prefer to get out of government .