Speaker of National Assembly, Asad Qaisar has said that there would be no compromise on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa share in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and welfare of the people. He was addressing party workers who have come to receive him after his election to the coveted post of the speaker of the house of parliament, at Swabi Interchange of Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway on Sunday.
After Gohar Ayub, Asad is the second politician from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa who has been elected to this post. He was brought to his native village in a big procession by the party workers and the area was echoed with the slogans of Prime Minister, Imran Khan Zindabad, 'tabdeeli aye hai' and 'Neya Pakistan Mubarak Ho'. PTI leaders and workers said that the election of Asad and his nomination by the Prime Minister Imran Khan was really a great honour for the district. We feel proud over the contributions of Asad to the party.
"Now he is known as 'Speaker' in the district because he had remained speaker of KP assembly during the PTI government in the province. No one calls him by his own name," said Rangaiz Khan MPA. Addressing the gathering, Asad said that during the PTI government he had fought legal battle for KP share in CPEC and now when their party assumed power in centre there would be no compromise on the people welfare.
"It was great trust of Prime Minister to nominate me for the speaker slot. Really an honour has been endowed by Prime Minister to Swabi. I feel proud of that," he said. The youngsters of the country face the great problem of unemployment and the PTI government's top priority would be giving jobs to the educated youth to exploit their potential and capabilities in the economic prosperity of the country. "Giving jobs to the country youth is the top priority of the PTI government. We wanted to adopt a result-oriented strategy for the youth," he said. He said that he had held meeting with WAPDA officials and told them about eradication of power outages, which is one of their main objectives. The load shedding was not acceptable to the government but the officials told him about lack of staff and financial constraints.
"We would meet the financial demand of the WAPDA officials who were determined to deliver," he said. He said that before his nomination for the speaker slot, when he met with Imran Khan he told him that he was old party leader and contributed in the difficult time.
"The Prime Minister offered me the president slot but I told him that he would continue to work as party worker," he said. However, he did not explain that why he refused to accept the president slot and how opted for NA speaker position. He lauded the people's efforts who voted PTI to power. "What I am today it is because your (People's) vote and I will never hurt your trust," he pledged. He said that Prime Minister has given great importance to KP because the people of the province voted PTI to power for the second time. He said that incomplete projects in the district Swabi would be completed and new projects would be initiated soon.