Daily Times

PESHAWAR: The head of the Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam Fazl (JUI-F), Maulana Fazlur Rehman after the federal government excludes the words of religion and sect from the National Action Plan (NAP) its party give positive nod to army courts extension at the country.

Maulana Fazlur Rehman was talking to media on Wednesday on the occasion of meeting of heads of Madariss (Seminaries) at Peshawar.

He said that federal government has agreed upon the condition presented by the JUI-F and religious heads of the country that religious madariss and students learning at them have nothing to do with acts of terrorism.

Maulana said that if there was mutual consensus over the extension of the army courts in the country as part of NAP than JUI-F would not oppose it.

He said that his party has opposed the merger of FATA into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on the ground of that right of this important to be given to the people of the belt instead of imposing the well of country political parties.

He said government has hinted a comprehensive plan for FATA and after the implementation of the plan the streamlining would automatically happen.

After five years of reforms plane the tribesmen would decide their fate and future of their region and JUI-F stand with the FATA not with outsiders, adding that before speaking and imposing decisions over the belt the government machinery and political leaders must have in-depth understanding of FATA people and its geography needs.

JUI-F would stand against all those propagandas meant to demoralize and maligns the role and name of religious scholars, students and its education institutes across the country he added.

He said that federal government has been given well accepted proposals for bringing the national madressa under the government eyes and time has come for the government to step ahead with positive and concert steps by eroding the heinous evil of terrorism from the country.

Survey: Chairperson Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), Marvi Memon launched door to door survey in Lakki Marwat in presence of all stakeholders today.

Lakki Marwat is one of the 12 pilot phase door to door districts of the new survey of BISP with estimated caseload of 100,755 households. Charsadda is the other door to door pilot phase district from KPK, whereas as in Haripur desk registration has been done for updating National Socio-Economic Registry (NSER).

Chairperson BISP held a meeting with stakeholders that included representatives from local government Nazims from all political parties headed by District Chairman Ashfaq Khan Minakhel and local administration. DCO Muhammad Bakhtiar Khan and DPO Syed Khalid Hamdani were also present. She stated that this apolitical survey registering the most underprivileged segment of the society was a gift from the Prime Minister Nawz Sharif for the people of Lakki Marwat. She added that the support and monitoring by the local stakeholders would be vital for the successful completion of the survey. She also suggested establishing a monitoring cell to supervise the activities of door to door survey.

Marvi highlighted that no paper forms are being distributed for the survey; instead the survey is being done on a tablet through an app. There is no fee for the survey and public should remain vigilant of fraudsters and report any such activity on BISP hotline 0800-26477. Local stakeholders congratulated Chairperson on the launch of survey in Lakki Marwat and assured her of their full cooperation.

The Chairperson also visited the training center where staff of the BISP partner firm was being trained for the survey.

Talking to social mobilizers, the Chairperson said that effective communication is the back bone for the success of any activity.