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Announces plans to build 100 new cities; repatriate Pakistanis stranded in Bangladesh [Formerly "East Pakistan"].

Islamabad, Jan.5.– The MQM-P unveiled its election manifesto on Thursday, presenting the party’s plans for imposing a health and education emergency; building 100 new cities, and generating $100b remittances. Among the agenda items ranging from economy to defense and internal security to agriculture, the party has presented its vision for the future and outlined reforms it intends to bring in different sectors.

The MQM-P says it will make the anti-corruption laws stricter by introducing capital punishment for mega corruption. Advocating for implementing an educational emergency for five to 10 years, it promises a one-time meal for mothers bringing their children to school and a one-time glass of milk for children who attend school.

“Our manifesto is aligned with our national agenda and whether we sit in opposition or join any coalition we will strive to implement [it],” the party says. It says flaws and deficiencies in the present Constitution and the obsolete political and administrative setup have made Pakistan a “feudocracy” instead of true participatory democracy.

“We believe a new social contract is the need of the hour to make the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan closer to the will of the people,” it reads ...

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The Express Tribune (Pakistan)