From Abid Usman
LAHORE: Former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) stalwart, Firdous Ashiq Awan, was appointed central secretary information of the newly formed political party, Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) on Wednesday.
Taking to Twitter, IPP patron-in-chief Jahangir Khan Tareen made the announcement of Ms Awan’s appointment as central secretary of information. He said, “I am pleased to announce Dr Firdous Ash-iq Awan as Central Secretary Information of Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party”.
On Monday, Mr Tareen announced the office-bearers of the party. Taking to Twitter, Mr Tareen wrote, “I am pleased to announce Abdul Aleem Khan as the President of Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party. Aamir Mehmood Kiyani as Secretary General. Awn Chaudhary as Ad-ditional Secretary General & Spokesperson of the Party as well as of the Patron-in-Chief.”
Earlier, at the outset of the launch of the IPP, Mr Tareen said, “Today we are here to launch a new party. After starting my career in politics, my sole aim was to contribute to the development of the country.”
“I came to politics late. I was not a typical politician. We really worked hard to make the PTI stand firm. We ensured that the PTI would become a strong political force and would also be in a position to bring reforms to the country. But unfortunately, things went wrong and people started getting frus-trated,” Mr Tareen maintained.
Mr Tareen further said there was a dire need for such leadership to give hope to the nation and pave the way for the development of the country. He expressed hope that more political leaders would join the party in the coming days and said it would benefit from the experience of colleagues.
