While PTI denies, JI insists KP Edu Ministry is theirs

[modern_newton]

LAHORE - Despite denials coming from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Information Secretary Shireen Mazari about the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) getting the education portfolio in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), the JI is adamant that Imran Khan had committed the Education Ministry to the party.

JI General Secretary Liaqat Baloch told Pakistan Today that the meeting between the JI leadership and Imran Khan on Wednesday evening was very “cordial” and an “understanding” had been reached amongst the leadership of the two parties.

“Education and development portfolios have been agreed upon between the two sides to be given to the JI, while it is now the PTI leadership’s responsibility to fulfil their side of the bargain,” Baloch said.

On Mazari’s denial, he said the PTI information secretary and other low-tier leadership are not included in high-profile meetings where actual decisions are taken.

Many across the country were disturbed by what many termed a “shocking” development of handing over the education portfolio to the JI. The importance of education has become manifold after the devolution of the subject to the provinces.

A critic said, “Education portfolio was handed over to the JI by Gen Ziaul Haq previously and now it is being done by the PTI, making it pretty obvious the leanings of the party advocating a ‘Naya Pakistan’.”

Another critic on Twitter said that with the JI in control of education, it was “Gaya Pakistan” instead of “Naya Pakistan”.

“The party that agreed to women not voting in 13 districts in KP has been given the chance to govern the education policy. It is just the tip of the iceberg, while things will unfold further with the passage of time,” he added.

Mazari’s denial came after the news about the meeting and the decision of giving the Education Ministry to JI was published.

In a Tweet, the PTI leader wrote, “Let me state officially that PTI is not handing Education Ministry to any coalition partner!”

Mazari, however, stuck to her stance expressed on Twitter, saying they “are not giving Education [Ministry] to them [JI]".

To a question, she said this was the party position conveyed to her by Imran Khan.

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[Leader]

............ nice try, again please....

 

[mr42O]

I cant see why ppl making issue of JI getting eduaction ministry ??? Its whats outcome after 5y which matters....

 

[SHAMK9]

Jamat e islami and education ministry..? Sorry but wtf is this?

 

[Sugarcane]

Give them some Zakat, Hajj type ministries.

 

[Haseebullah]

Give them some Zakat, Hajj type ministries.

hahahahahaha

 

[modern_newton]

let see how molvi get along with PTI

 

[Pakistani E]

I find it quite amusing that IK keeps repeating that he will never make an alliance with parties that have militant wings yet is now sleeping with the very founder of militant networks in Pakistan's universities and colleges. IK your hypocrisy amazes me and you IK fan boys remind me of some fanatic Altaf Hussain's followers.

 

[till death do us party]

JI shud never b handed the education ministry..... tht will be one generation gone

 

[modern_newton]

I find it quite amusing that IK keeps repeating that he will never make an alliance with parties that have militant wings yet is now sleeping with the very founder of militant networks in Pakistan's universities and colleges. IK your hypocrisy amazes me and you IK fan boys remind me of some fanatic Altaf Hussain's followers.

Look here what he said on july 2012 that he would not make alliance with any party that was sitting in the assemblies

If we fail to get majority, will sit in opposition, says Imran | Pakistan | DAWN.COM

JI shud never b handed the education ministry..... tht will be one generation gone

I think they have kept this ministry by giving them finance ministry

 

[MST]

The phenomenon of Imran Khan has reached its peak in this elections. It can only go down from here. The people have set such a huge expectations from him and PTI that it be a miracle if he achieves all of them. Even a performance by PTI, considered above average for other parties, will be considered a failure in case of PTI.

Mark my word, 5 years down the line/or by next elections if PTI is still as popular as today it will indeed be a miracle. IK and PTI should sit in opposition everywhere.

 

[Creder]

This is false news, even Asad Umar has categorically denied it, and in finance as well PTI will keep the most important department of Planning and Development to themselves.


http://tribune.com.pk/story/550548/...ain-k-p-education-ministry-ji-to-get-finance/

PESHAWAR / KARACHI:

Senior leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) denied reports that the PTI would hand over the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa education ministry to its new coalition partner, the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), though they confirmed that the JI would be getting the provincial finance ministry.

“There is no ideological difference between the PTI and the JI as far as the finance ministry is concerned,” Asad Umar, a senior vice president of the PTI, told The Express Tribune. “When it comes to matters relating to taxation, the PTI and JI see eye to eye.”

Umar, considered to be the party’s main leader on economic policy, confirmed reports that JI’s Sirajul Haq, elected to the K-P Assembly from Lower Dir, would be the provincial finance minister. It is not yet known who the PTI will be nominating to lead the education ministry, though the party leadership has made it clear that it will be one of their own.

The rumour that JI had been given three ministries – finance, education, and zakat – in exchange for joining the coalition with PTI caused a stir among the party’s supporters, who expressed their disappointment on social media. Particularly distressing to most PTI supporters was the fact that their party’s education plan was among the highlights of the policy agenda on the strength of which the PTI ran its election campaign.

Sources familiar with the PTI leadership’s deliberations suggested that the party’s top brass acknowledged those concerns and were keen to run the province’s education policy according to their own policy agenda. And even on the question of the finance ministry, the PTI appears to be taking measures to ensure that its economic platform gets implemented.

According to sources familiar with the matter, while Sirajul Haq will be the provincial finance minister, he will not be in charge of the planning and development department, which the PTI plans to keep for itself. The planning and development department in provincial governments is an absolutely critical one, since it is the starting point from which the implementation of all policy reforms must originate.

The K-P government consists of 30 departments, but under Article 130 (6) of the constitution, can only have a maximum of 15 cabinet members. Ministers, therefore, will be running more than one department. The education minister, for instance, will be in charge of two separate departments, that of higher education and elementary and secondary education.

Provincial finance ministers typically run three departments: finance, revenue, and planning and development. The PTI leadership appears to be comfortable letting its coalition partner run the finance and revenue departments, but wants to keep planning and development for itself.

After the 18th Amendment to the constitution, and the passage of the 7th National Finance Commission Award, provincial governments in Pakistan have been given far more autonomy than at any point in the country’s history. The PTI leadership views its government in K-P as an opportunity to compete on governance quality with its arch-rival, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. The provincial government in Peshawar is viewed by the PTI as a stepping stone for gaining the trust of a broader swathe of voters nationwide as competent managers of economic and social policy.

Sources familiar with the matter say that the PTI leadership plans to use “party resources” to help shape the provincial government’s policies, a reference to PTI’s embryonic policy think tank which has helped develop the party’s economic platform.

Yet in order to compete on policy, the PTI must first master coalition politics. It must keep its coalition partners satisfied while retaining the ability to shape the direction of the government’s policy agenda. The initial announcement – made by a JI spokesperson – that the PTI had given the crucial education ministry to a coalition partner represents a stumble, though one from which the party appears to have recovered, at least for now.