The National Assembly Standing Committee on States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) showed great displeasure over FATA Secretariat’s negligence in implementing the recommendations of the committee regarding the appointment of junior officers on the higher post in the FATA Secretariat.
The committee strongly recommended removing the junior officers appointed on senior posts in the FATA Secretariat and asked to appoint senior officers according to service rules and regulations.
The committee was informed that 200 kilometres road for South Waziristan as recommended by the committee was not included in the PSDP for the financial year 2016-17 by the Planning and Development Division, however, the said road has been included in the FATA ADP for the financial year 2016-17. The committee further recommended to the concerned quarters to make the water supply schemes of FATA functional, in particular, South Waziristan where the TDPs will be returned very soon. The committee strongly recommended that additional funds should be allocated to the FATA agencies where no development work has been carried out for the last six to seven years due to law and order situation.
The meeting was informed that Rs 100 billion have been provided in the budget for the return and rehabilitation of TDPs.
The meeting chaired by MNA Muhammad Jamal-ud-Din was also attended by Muhammad Nazir Khan, Ghalib Khan, Begum Tahira Bukhari, Iffat Liaqat, Aftab Shahban Mirani, Muhammad Kamal, Bilal Rehman, Sheikh Fayyaz-ud-Din and MNAs and officials of the ministry.
