Fata people rendered enormous sacrifices: Sherpao

F.P. Report

Peshawar: Qaumi Watan Party Provincial chairman Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao has said that new course of action should be adopted to fight back the prevailing challenges in the region. He said that the growing threats needed new counteract to ensure the safety of the people.

He was addressing a public meeting in union council 81 Dangram in Swat. He asked that all the stakeholders should be gathered on the same page to work for the stability of peace in the region. He said that the growing trend of extremism in the region is detrimental to the progress and stability in the region, therefore extended cooperation and cordial relation between the two neighbors would help to remove the menace of terrorism. He said that decade long issue of terrorism could only be addressed through mutual cooperation and cognitive measures to evolve proactive stability to weed out the menace of extremism from the societies.

He renounced the US policy, saying that it is reactive policy because Pakistan has not been taken on board; therefore it would be seriously devastated the balance of power in the region, which may open flood gates of instability and turmoil. He asked pentagon to revisit its policy, removed flaws and evolved a proactive afghan policy as per the wishes and input of Pakistan.

He lamented the process on the delaying tactics of the Fata-KP merger that putting on backburner the key issue would further increase the growing sense of deprivation of the among the tribal people. He said that the people of Fata rendered enormous sacrifices for the stability and protection of the borders of Pakistan but their sacrifices had been ignored by center and they kept deprived intentionally from its rewards.

Mr. Sherpao said if the people of the Fata are the equal citizens of Pakistan than why they have been denied their equal status in the country and added that that the frontier crimes regulation should be abolished in the agencies soon which is nothing but a black law for the tribal people.

He said that the Fata-KP merger was the demand of QWP from the day one and our party stood firmly with the tribal people on the Fata-KP merger issue and would strive hard for early merger and never stepped back from this cause.

He said that QWP is the staunch supporter of the rule of law and democratic process. He said that an independent and strong parliament could resolve all problems and should parliament to play its role. He said that any tussle among the institution would undermine the system.