Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Barrister Masood Kausar on Tuesday said sacrifices rendered by tribesmen against terrorism would not go to waste.
He said the government and the people of Pakistan were indebted to those who laid their lives for the national cause. “The government will provide all kinds of support to the families of martyrs and mitigate their sufferings.”
He was addressing a gathering of tribesmen from Khyber Agency at the Governor’s House. Cheques of compensation were also distributed amongst the affected of Jamrud suicide attack. Leading tribal elders, heirs of martyrs and those injured in the blast besides MNA Maulana Noorul Haq Qadri, FATA ACS Tashfin Khan and officials attended the ceremony.
The governor handed over 94 cheques worth Rs 22.3 million including 33 cheques worth Rs 0.4 million each to the heirs of the deceased and 61 worth Rs 0.15 million to the injured.
Kausar said a wheelchair each would be given to those wjo had been rendered physically handicapped after the attack and handed one over to Shah Daraz of Jamrod.
However, the governor said compensation was not a substitute for human life. “It is simply a token indicating that the government fully shares the anguish and grief of the affected families,” he said, adding that the affected would be fully supported. The governor said peace would be maintained in FATA at every cost. Besides security personnel, the people from every segments of the society including officials, political workers, elders, traders, students and men, women and children in the streets have suffered due to terrorism. “It is because of these sacrifices that we have achieved tremendous successes by clearing majority of areas from the terrorists and miscreants and restored writ of the government,” he added. Kausar said people from highly-affected areas would be given more attention in the process of development and social uplift programmes.
He said violence and terrorism were unjustified in a democratic society, where the people were the real rulers through their democratically elected representatives. He said, “We were striving for the development of the Tribal Areas. Talking about certain points raised on the occasion, the governor said FATA was being turned into a trade corridor through development of international standard communication network. Earlier, Qadri led collective prayers for the martyrs of all terrorist attack particularly the jamrod incident. A tribal elder Malik Darya Khan also spoke on the occasion and said tribesmen of Khyber Agency were peace loving and loyal to the country and would never hesitate to offer sacrifice for the country.
