Chief Minister Punjab Chaudhry Parvez Elahi has made a big announcement to make five new districts in the province. On the instruction of chairman Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan, the chief minister approved to make Taunsa Sharif, Murree, Wazirabad, Talagang, and Kot Addu new districts.

The CM said that the promises made to the people have been fulfilled. I announced giving the status of a district to Taunsa in the big public meeting of Kh. Shiraz MNA in 2005; and also announced the making of Talagang a district in a large gathering of Hafiz Ammar Yasir in 2018. Thank God, I approved the making of Taunsa and Talagang as districts now. Similarly, Murree, Wazirabad, and Kot Addu have also been approved to be made into districts and thanks be to Allah Almighty for fulfilling the promises made to the people of Taunsa, Talagang, Murree, Wazirabad, and Kot Addu, he added.

The assembly members from Taunsa Sharif, Murree, Wazirabad, Talagang, and Kot Addu expressed their gratitude to Chief Minister Parvez Elahi for approving the district status and said that the people will always remember his decision. You have won our hearts by fulfilling the long-standing public demand, they said.