Ex-senator asks govt to take tribal people onboard

LANDIKOTAL: A former senator and religious scholar Hafiz Abdul Malik Qadri said on Sunday the government must decide the future of Fata after taking the consent of tribal people.

Abdul Malik said this while addressing a certificate distribution ceremony at a madrassa in Landikotal. A large number of Mullagori, Zakhakhel, Shalmani, Kukikhel and Shinwari tribesmen attended the ceremony.

Hafiz Abdul Malik asked the government to introduce local government system in Fata so that powers could be devolved to the grassroots. Favouring the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) as the best system for the tribal areas, Hafiz Abdul Malik said some of the anti-human clauses in FCR should be replaced with good ones.

Hafiz Abdul Malik lauded the sacrifices by the security forces and said peace was restored when the armed forces took action against militants.