Islamabad, Dec. 24 (TNS): The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has decided to launch a “historical movement” for the implementation of the Fata reforms package that includes merger of tribal areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), but modalities of the protest and its final date will be announced later.
The decision was made at a meeting of the party’s core committee presided over by PTI chairman Imran Khan.
PTI’s information secretary and MNA Shafqat Mehmood said the party had “in principle” decided to start a protest movement to put pressure on the government for the implementation of the Fata reforms package.
He accused the government of committing excesses against the tribal people by not granting them the fundamental rights as enshrined in the Constitution and being enjoyed by the people of other parts of the country.
Mehmood said it appeared as if the government had taken a U-turn on the issue of the merger because of political expediencies and such an act was “condemnable”.
