{"id":111287,"date":"2025-09-03T10:40:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T05:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=111287"},"modified":"2025-09-03T10:40:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T05:40:42","slug":"salman-akram-raja-clarifies-pti-stance-on-kalabagh-dam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2025\/111287\/","title":{"rendered":"Salman Akram Raja clarifies PTI stance on Kalabagh Dam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>RAWALPINDI(National times)- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Secretary General Salman Akram Raja stated on that Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur\u2019s recent comments on the Kalabagh Dam reflected his personal opinion, not the party\u2019s official stance. Speaking to the media outside the anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi, Raja emphasized that PTI&#8217;s position on the dam project is clear. \u201cBoth Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have strong reservations. A project opposed by two provinces is not beneficial for the federation. Until there is political consensus, such a project is not viable.\u201d Raja also dismissed talk of a presidential system being part of PTI\u2019s policy. \u201cThe idea of replacing the parliamentary system with a presidential one is unacceptable to us.\u201d Taking a dig at the government, he said the existing Parliament cannot make constitutional amendments as it is a product of manipulated Form-47 results,. He further noted that the cases against PTI leaders are politically motivated and baseless, with little to no progress in court proceedings. Raja shared that he recently held a meeting in Lahore with MNAs and MPAs on the instructions of PTI founder Imran Khan. He said a message of the former prime minister was conveyed asking the party leaders to help flood victims from their own pockets. \u201cI personally visited Sialkot\u2019s Sambrial area. Our workers are on the ground, doing whatever they can to support affected communities.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI(National times)- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Secretary General Salman Akram Raja stated on that Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur\u2019s recent comments on the Kalabagh Dam reflected his personal opinion, not the party\u2019s official stance. Speaking to the media outside the anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi, Raja emphasized that PTI&#8217;s position on the dam project is clear. \u201cBoth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Salman Akram Raja clarifies PTI stance on Kalabagh Dam - Nation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2025\/111287\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Salman Akram Raja clarifies PTI stance on Kalabagh Dam - Nation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"RAWALPINDI(National times)- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Secretary General Salman Akram Raja stated on that Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur\u2019s recent comments on the Kalabagh Dam reflected his personal opinion, not the party\u2019s official stance. 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