Monday, February 20, 2012

FATA reforms gift of democratic Govt

pakobserver.net
The FATA reforms came under discussions and the parliamentarians described it a gift of democracy awarded to the people of FATA by a democratically elected government, during lunch party hosted by Barrister Masood Kausar.

Barrister Masood Kausar hosted a luncheon for FATA parliamentarians and sitting Senators from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa here at Governor’s House.

A number of FATA MNAs and Senators both from FATA and KPK including Ilyas Bilour of Awami National Party, Munir Orakzai FATA parliamentary party leader, Professor Mohammad Ibrahim of Jamaat-i-Islami and Qari Mohammad Abdullah and Haji Ghulam Ali of Jamiat-ul-Ulema-Islam (F) attended the luncheon. They held informal discussion on the political and security situation in FATA and KPK.

The FATA reforms also came under discussions and the parliamentarians described it a gift of democracy awarded to the people of FATA by a democratically elected government. However they stressed the need to ensure implementation on these reforms particularly on the amendments made in the FCR to make the tribesmen realize a change. The Governor said that implementation on FATA reforms was thoroughly monitored and making it a binding on the political administration to submit periodical reports in this regard. He however asked the FATA parliamentarians to identify the areas wherever they notice any violation.

On another point the Governor said that FATA domiciled people were being given priority in FATA related jobs and he had issued very clear directives to all the respective departments and officials in this regard.

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