In a first, Prime Minister Imran Khan has decided to answer the questions of the public via telephone on Monday.

According to a Twitter post by the Prime Minister’s Office: “Talk directly to Prime Minister Imran Khan on telephone. […] Your questions, the prime minister’s answers.”

People Members of the public can dial this number, 051-9210809, to speak to the prime minister, starting 4pm.

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This will be the first time that the PM will available to the public to answer its questions. Earlier, he had launched the Pakistan Citizen Portal.

“It is an integrated citizens grievance redressal system connecting all government organisations both at federal and provincial levels. The App will serve as a complementary channel between citizen and government.”

After coming to power, the PM had also promised to answer questions of parliamentarians during Prime Minister’s Question Hour. “Twice every month I will answer to the people during the question-answer session in the assembly,” he said at the time. But the promise never materialised.