Tough competition in Karachi s NA-249 till last vote counted, says PTI leader Firdous Shamim Naqvi
Pakistan
Thu, Apr 29, 2021
KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Firdous Shamim Naqvi says the competition in the NA-249 by-poll being held in Karachi will be fierce till the last vote is counted.
He, however, told Geo News on Thursday that PTI is leading in every survey related to the NA-249 constituency of Karachi.
Polling for the by-election in the NA-249 constituency started at 8am and will continue till 5pm without any interval. The National Assembly seat fell vacant after PTI s Faisal Vawda resigned.
Vawda worked for the NA-249 constituency after it was neglected for 20 years, said Naqvi, while talking about PTI s chances of winning in the by-poll.
Firdous Shamim Naqvi writes to CM to inquire about actions under PM’s Karachi Transformation Package
Karachi
January 28, 2021
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s senior leader and MPA Firdous Shamim Naqvi on Wednesday wrote a letter to Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah to inquire about actions under the Karachi Transformation Package (KTP).
In September last year, Prime Minister Imran Khan unveiled a financial package worth Rs1.1 trillion for transforming Karachi s into a developed city by addressing the chronic municipal and infrastructural issues of the country s financial hub.
“lt has been more than four months since the KTP was announced. Would be obliged if you could inform us in writing on the progress made to date,” Naqvi asked the CM. He sought information about the projects under the KTP, their period of completion and complete schedule, executing agency, start date, availability of funds, and monitoring bodies of civil society.
Firdous Shamim Naqvi resigns as Sindh Assembly’s opposition leader
Karachi
January 21, 2021
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s senior leader Firdous Shamim Naqvi on Wednesday submitted his resignation to the Sindh Assembly secretary as the Sindh Assembly’s opposition leader. PTI has appointed Haleem Adil Shaikh to succeed him as the opposition leader.
However, media reports suggest that the leadership of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P), which is one of the allies of PTI and its coalition partner in the federal government, has expressed reservations over Shaikh’s nomination for the post.
Bilal Ghaffar, an MPA from Karachi, has already been made the PTI parliamentary leader in the Sindh Assembly, a post which Shaikh had when Naqvi was serving as the opposition leader. Talking to the media after submitting his resignation, Naqvi said the responsibility of the opposition leader had been given by the PTI leadership to him. “I will now work as a PTI member. For
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