Open Asghar Khan case to know 'aliens': Imran

Dunya News

PTI will form a committee to solve South Punjab's issues

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday said that rest of the province is suffering because of focus of investment in Lahore and a sense of deprivation has been prevailing in South Punjab.

Addressing a press conference in Islamabad along with the leaders of Janobi Punjab Sooba Mahaz (JPSM), he said that South Punjab has suffered great injustice, adding that the PTI will form a committee to solve South Punjab s issues.

The PTI chairman while referring to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s statement regarding  aliens  said that, "Just look at the Asghar Khan case."

Khan went on to say that it is necessary to South Punjab a separate province and merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).

“Switzerland has 25 provinces which makes their own decisions after hearing the demands of their people,” he added.

The PTI chairman said that after coming to power, his will empower people at the grass root level as empowering them is important for a progressive Pakistan.

Khan said: “Only those nations prosper where power is transferred to the lower level.”