Newly-appointed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Governor Shaukatullah Khan on Wednesday said the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) were a part of Pakistan.
Speaking to reporters in Peshawar after attending the graduation ceremony at the Khyber Institute of Technical Education, an institute established by the Pakistan Army in the region, Khan said the tribal areas were a part of Pakistan, and that he was capable of handling any post he was given.
Referring to the controversy surrounding his appointment, the governor asked why a native of the tribal areas should not be the prime minister or president of Pakistan. Khan added that people were only making such statements in order to incite disagreements.
The KP governor said further Pakistan was in a far better position than it was in 2008, adding that the reasons behind terrorism were lack of education and unemployment.
With development in FATA and an improvement in the education sector the country would move forward, he added.
He said the all parties’ conference on counter-terrorism called by the Awami National Party (ANP) would also include parliamentarians from FATA.
