JI announces long march

ISLAMABAD (INP): Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has announced that it will hold a long march on December 10 to demand merger of federally-administered tribal areas (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

The long march will set off from Khyber Pass and culminate in the federal capital.

Voicing reservation about the recent national census, the JI called for a review of the statistics pertaining to the tribal areas.

Apart from the JI, PTI, PPP, ANP and other political parties have also backed the merger of FATA with KP.