Call to make FATA separate province

Author: Our Correspondent

KHYBER AGENCY: Granting status of a separate province to Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) would be more suitable for the tribesmen where all powers and resources would rest with tribesmen and they would be authorized to utilize it for their own benefits, said Maulana Rahat Hussain, Former Senator and Jamiat Ullema-e-Islam-Fazal (JUI-F) Deputy Secretary General, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).

He was addressing to Faqr-e Sheikh ul Hind conference held in Jamia Abu Hanifa, Ash Khel tehsil Landikotal on Monday evening.

The religious gathering was organized under the auspice of JIT, Landikotal chapter and was attended by large numbers of tribal, religious scholars beside students of different seminaries.

The JUI-F FATA General Secretary and Ameer Khyber Agency Mufti Ijaz, Ameer JUI-F, Landikotal Qari Mujahid, Qari Jihad Shah and Maulana Tehseenullah also spoke on the occasion.

Maulana Rahat said that Sindhi and Punjabi establishment favoured merger of FATA into KP for its own interests.

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