Court jurisdiction extension to Fata celebrated

GHALANAI: The members of Mohmand Youth Jirga on Sunday staged a rally to celebrate the passage of a bill in the National Assembly that extended the jurisdiction of the superior courts to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata). Mohmand Youth Jirga Chairman Naveed Ahmed Mohmand led the rally staged in Ghallanai, the agency headquarters of the Mohmand Agency. The political activists from various parties were in attendance. Speaking on the occasion, Naveed Ahmed Mohmand said the tribal people remained deprived of the basic rights for a long time. He added that tribespeople struggled to get their due rights which finally bore fruit. The jirga chief asked the federal government to merge the tribal areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He believed the merger would end the sense of deprivation among the tribal population. The speakers demanded establishment of universities in the tribal region to equip the youth with knowledge.