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Prime Minister Imran Khan in Peshawar on one-day tour

Prime Minister Imran Khan in Peshawar on one-day tour
May 18, 2019
ISLAMABAD (92 News) – Prime Minister Imran Khan has reached Peshawar on a one-day tour. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Shah Farman and Chief Minister Mehmood Khan will hold meetings with the Prime Minister and discuss overall situation of the province. During the visit, the Prime Minister will participate in a fund raising ceremony for Shaukat Khanum Hospital, Peshawar. Earlier, Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan met Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and senior lawyer Babar Awan in Islamabad. Both the leader exchange ideas and seek council on constitutional, political and lawful quandaries during the meeting. The prime minister said the government was squarely focused on ridding the country of it’s economic challenges in the meeting. “We will soon be out of these difficult times,” assured PM Khan. He also told Awan about tough yet important decisions the government had to take in the larger interest of the nation, national interest trumps political ambitions for the current regime. Khan shared his vision to strengthen and empower state institutes in-turn revitalizing the country’s dwindling economy. On the occasion, Babar Awan said, “The country has stood with it’s Prime Minister in testing times.” “Survey results and popularity polls are a testament to the nation being firmly behind the decisions being made at the top,” Awan opined. The former PPP senator also slammed previous governments, admonishing them for looting and plundering the country’s resources during their respective tenures. He stressed that accountability for ills of the past is the need of the hour.