ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khan Abbasi on Thursday said that the federal and provincial governments were unanimously committed for mainstreaming of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and its merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) to ensure its development.
Talking to a delegation of youth wings of political parties belonging to FATA, the prime minister said that the high-level implementation committee on FATA reforms was ensuring speedy progress on constitutional, administrative and legal matters, a PM office statement said here.
The delegation said that setting political affiliations aside, the people and youth of FATA demanded mainstreaming of FATA on a fast-track basis and its merger with KP.
The delegation thanked the prime minister for inviting the youth representatives from FATA at the PM House and providing them with an opportunity to present their point of view on the important national issue. They also stressed that FATA’s merger must not be delayed at the behest of a few people and the matter must be settled on an urgent basis.
The meeting was organised by Journalist Saleem Safi who apprised the PM that it was the right of the people of FATA to get facilities at par with rest of the country. The FATA youth delegation comprised representatives from Muslim Students Federation, Insaf Students, Qaumi Watan Party Youth Wing, Islami Jamiat Talaba, FATA Students Organisation, Khyber Students Organisation and other organisations.
