President Zardari signs FATA Political Parties Order 2002 extension

President Asif Ali Zardari signed the extension of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Political Parties Order 2002 in Islamabad on Friday.
The extension, which was signed at the President House, allows political parties to operate in the tribal regions.
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, federal ministers, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Governor Barrister Masood Kausar and FATA members of the parliament were present on the occasion.
The extension of the act binds all political parties in the tribal agencies to inform political agents at least seven days in advance before organising any meeting or inviting their central or provincial leaders to the areas.
The government has taken all major political parties into confidence over the extension of the order.