<p>A meeting of PTI Punjab leadership was held with Central Secretary General Jahinger Khan Tareen in the chair at party???s Central Office hare at Islamabad. The meeting was attendant by provincial President Ejaz Chaudhary, General Secretary  Dr. Yasmin Rashid, Secretary Information Andleeb Abbas  and others.  issues like local bodies election, candidate selection,  prevailing political situation in the province and impacts of unprecedented price hike in the cost of electricity and petroleum products came under thorough discussion   The leadership, in the meeting passed a resolution unanimously and condemned federal government???s decision of raising prices of electricity and petroleum products. The leadership observed that PML-N government, violating its mandate and turning down their promises with the people of country has raised the prices of basic necessities that will undermine the poor.  The price hike will have devastating  effects on prices of all commodities and will shift burden to already crippled lower middle class and the poor of the country. In the meeting it had been decided to carry out massive protest against unjustifiable price hike across the province as well as in the provincial assembly. It had also been decided that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf would participate in upcoming local bodies elections and forward its best candidates at basic level. A mechanism to short list candidates on the basis of merit and performance had also been developed in the meeting. To gain voter???s support across the province leaderships engagement plan of the leadership had also come under discussion and agreed upon that final plan scheme would be presented to the Chairman shortly. <br />  </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>