PTI leader concerned at results of recent census in Fata

TANK: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief organiser for Fata, Dost Mohammad Mehsud, has expressed apprehensions over reports that the recent census has shown a marked decrease in the population of tribal areas and said it would undermine the socio-economic and political interests of the tribal people. Talking to reporters here, he said that the tribal people had already been marginalised owing to years-long militancy and military operations, which resulted in the displacement of people from seven tribal agencies and six Frontier Regions (FRs).

The PTI leader, who belongs to South Waziristan, appealed to both the chief justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan and chief of the army staff to order the holding of census again if the population figures of Fata showed any decrease unlike other parts of the country.