Political activities in Fata a positive step: Kausar

THE FRONTIER POST

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor, Barrister Masood Kausar described the political activities in Fata as positive development towards mainstreaming of the people of the area. He said said the government was making all efforts to encourage constructive step by any political force. The Governor, while commenting on the keen interest of certain political circles in streamlining their political influence in Fata further said that credit indeed goes to the President of Pakistan, Mr. Asif Ali Zardar for enforcing Political Parties Order in Fata, which, beyond doubt is a visionary step. People of the entire country especially of Fata will always remember this bold and wisdom oriented initiative of the president with great regards and thanks, he added. Referring to the move of PTI’s rally in South Waziristan, the Governor said, it was also a welcome sign to engage the people of Fata in positive political activities. However, he said, things need to be considered and judged in line with ground realities which beyond doubt demand extra care on part of all concerned. The administration of the South Waziristan Agency, he added, is very much conscious of its responsibilities and would never disappoint while fulfilling its responsibilities in this respect. He said that it was because of the consistent and continuous efforts of the present government to ensure peace in Fata and the peace that prevailed was the result of great and supreme sacrifices by security forces of Pakistan and that of the people of Fata. Therefore, it would only be in the interest of democracy and people of Fata that success so far achieved in this regard must be safeguarded at all cost, he added. Any political activity in Fata is welcomed, however it is also important that we should not provide any opportunity to the negative elements to exploit the situation by sabotaging such activities by taking measures which may endanger life and property of all Pakistanis who are taking part in such activity, he further added. "Still normal activities mindful of such apprehensions will be welcomed", he said. He said that he was grateful to all political parties of Pakistan who had so far organizing political activities in close co-ordination with local administration to ensure that any ugly incident might be prevented from happening. The Governor has also condemned the drone attacks and said that continuous drone attacks in FATA, despite our clear opposition, have been constantly causing a source of unrest and provocation in the area and there is a need to stop the process forthwith. He further said that Government had already successfully convinced to international community the negative consequences of drone attacks and that realization at the moment found great support to achieve that objective.