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PESHAWAR, March 26: A joint committee of political parties has asked government to materialise its plan of bringing reforms and extending Political Parties Order 2002 to in Federally Administered Tribal Areas without any delay.
A senior member of Political Parties Joint Committee on Fata Reforms and chief of his own faction of Pakistan People’s Party, Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao told journalists during a briefing on Saturday that all member political parties were unanimous to raise voice for Fata reforms.
“The reforms committee demands of President Asif Ali Zardari to implement the package that he had announced on Aug 14, 2009,” he said, adding the reforms were ensure social justice and respect for human rights for the people of Fata.
“All political parties in the committee have agreed to join hands for bringing reforms in Fata. It was said that the committee would be used as a forum to develop consensus on other issues in future,” he said.
Referring to findings of the recent meetings of the committee, Mr Sherpao said that all the political parties were of the view that people of Fata deserved those rights, freedom, protection and economic opportunities, which were availed by other citizens of the country.
“We are deeply concerned that residents of Fata have been deprived of basic democratic and human rights and economic opportunities. We have pledged to work with Fata people to help them achieve the same opportunities and rights as enjoyed by other citizens of Pakistan,” he said.
Mr Sherpao said that the committee believed in political, economic, social and administrative reforms in Fata. The reforms were necessary to obtain sustainable peace and development in the tribal regions, he added.
He said that lasting peace in Fata was vital for bringing harmony in the entire country. “We believe that the values and traditions of Fata people should be respected,” he said.
Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party leader Akram Shah also spoke on the occasion and said that all parties had agreed to work together on reform in Fata.
Besides former Senator Aneesa Zeb Tahirkheli, MPA Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao and Ms Meraj Humayun of PPP-S, Idrees Kamal, Mukhtar Bacha of NP, Prof Mohammd Ibrahim and Haroonur Rashid of JI, Abdul Jalil Jan and Advocate Jalaluddin of JUI-F, Arsala Khan Hoti, Anwar Kamal Marwat and Rehmat Salam Khattak of PML-N, Hashim Babar and Arbab Tahir of ANP, Mirza Jihadi of PPP, Faqir Mohammed and Shah Jahan Shah of PML-Q also attended the meeting of the committee.
Mr Sherpao demanded immediate end to bloodshed in Fata and said that government should pay attention on development of the affected areas, where orphans, widows and poor people were leading a miserable life.
He said that over 7,000 had been destroyed only in Bajuar. Similarly, the displaced people of Mohmand and Orakzai agencies were also facing problems in camps and rented houses.
The PPP-S leader said that Pakistan and Afghanistan should devise a sustainable policy to restore peace in the region. Formation of peace commission for the purpose was need of the hour, he added.
He said that both the countries should develop contacts on basis of governments, establishment and people to people to remove grievances of past.
He said that America was not sincere to development the region. The US was serving its own interests in the region, he said. “The designs of US can easily be judged from the fact that it suspended trilateral talks owing to imprisonment of Raymond Davis,” he added.
He asked government to clearly reject the ‘do more demands’ and get support from the international community to reconstruct the destroyed infrastructure. He also suggested establishment of a trust to support the victims of war on terror, saying the orphans, widows and injured should not be left alone in the hour of need.
The National Democratic Institute, represented by Suleman Kakar, Noor Rehman and Abdullah, played main role in arranging the meeting.
Mr Idrees said that another meeting of the committee was also held at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister House on Saturday morning that was also attended by Ameer Haider Khan Hoti, Senator Mohammad Adeel, Lateef Afridi and Mian Iftikhar Hussain.
http://www.dawn.com/2011/03/27/joint...s-in-fata.html
A senior member of Political Parties Joint Committee on Fata Reforms and chief of his own faction of Pakistan People’s Party, Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao told journalists during a briefing on Saturday that all member political parties were unanimous to raise voice for Fata reforms.
“The reforms committee demands of President Asif Ali Zardari to implement the package that he had announced on Aug 14, 2009,” he said, adding the reforms were ensure social justice and respect for human rights for the people of Fata.
“All political parties in the committee have agreed to join hands for bringing reforms in Fata. It was said that the committee would be used as a forum to develop consensus on other issues in future,” he said.
Referring to findings of the recent meetings of the committee, Mr Sherpao said that all the political parties were of the view that people of Fata deserved those rights, freedom, protection and economic opportunities, which were availed by other citizens of the country.
“We are deeply concerned that residents of Fata have been deprived of basic democratic and human rights and economic opportunities. We have pledged to work with Fata people to help them achieve the same opportunities and rights as enjoyed by other citizens of Pakistan,” he said.
Mr Sherpao said that the committee believed in political, economic, social and administrative reforms in Fata. The reforms were necessary to obtain sustainable peace and development in the tribal regions, he added.
He said that lasting peace in Fata was vital for bringing harmony in the entire country. “We believe that the values and traditions of Fata people should be respected,” he said.
Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party leader Akram Shah also spoke on the occasion and said that all parties had agreed to work together on reform in Fata.
Besides former Senator Aneesa Zeb Tahirkheli, MPA Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao and Ms Meraj Humayun of PPP-S, Idrees Kamal, Mukhtar Bacha of NP, Prof Mohammd Ibrahim and Haroonur Rashid of JI, Abdul Jalil Jan and Advocate Jalaluddin of JUI-F, Arsala Khan Hoti, Anwar Kamal Marwat and Rehmat Salam Khattak of PML-N, Hashim Babar and Arbab Tahir of ANP, Mirza Jihadi of PPP, Faqir Mohammed and Shah Jahan Shah of PML-Q also attended the meeting of the committee.
Mr Sherpao demanded immediate end to bloodshed in Fata and said that government should pay attention on development of the affected areas, where orphans, widows and poor people were leading a miserable life.
He said that over 7,000 had been destroyed only in Bajuar. Similarly, the displaced people of Mohmand and Orakzai agencies were also facing problems in camps and rented houses.
The PPP-S leader said that Pakistan and Afghanistan should devise a sustainable policy to restore peace in the region. Formation of peace commission for the purpose was need of the hour, he added.
He said that both the countries should develop contacts on basis of governments, establishment and people to people to remove grievances of past.
He said that America was not sincere to development the region. The US was serving its own interests in the region, he said. “The designs of US can easily be judged from the fact that it suspended trilateral talks owing to imprisonment of Raymond Davis,” he added.
He asked government to clearly reject the ‘do more demands’ and get support from the international community to reconstruct the destroyed infrastructure. He also suggested establishment of a trust to support the victims of war on terror, saying the orphans, widows and injured should not be left alone in the hour of need.
The National Democratic Institute, represented by Suleman Kakar, Noor Rehman and Abdullah, played main role in arranging the meeting.
Mr Idrees said that another meeting of the committee was also held at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister House on Saturday morning that was also attended by Ameer Haider Khan Hoti, Senator Mohammad Adeel, Lateef Afridi and Mian Iftikhar Hussain.
http://www.dawn.com/2011/03/27/joint...s-in-fata.html
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