Concrete steps for development of FATA

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that Government is taking concrete measures for the development of Federal Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA). The Government, he maintained, is determined to address the sense of deprivation among the people of these areas by bringing them into mainstream politics.

The Prime Minister was talking to Haji Muneer Ahmad Khan Orakzai, MNA from FATA, who called on him at Prime Minister’s House here on Thursday.

The Prime Minister said that the Government is according to priority to provide education and health facilities in all agencies. He asked that the Tribal elders and local administration from FATA should be taken onboard to implement these policies.

Referring to the drone attacks in the tribal areas, the Prime Minister said that the Government has strongly condemned the attacks and termed it violation of the sovereignty of Pakistan territory. He maintained that the issue is being raised at all the forums and with the NATO Forces to convey them the concerns of Pakistan. These attacks, he added, are counter productive in war against terror.

Haji Muneer thanked the Prime Minister for his personal interest for the development of FATA. He apprised him of the progress of various gas supply schemes initiated by Federal Government in all the agencies.