Summary President Zardari says FATA has all the necessary ingredients to progress and develop.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - President Asif Ali Zardari has urged people of Tribal Areas to actively participate in the general elections so that elect representatives could resolve their grievances.
Addressing a grand tribal jirga here on Monday‚ he said for the first time political parties have been allowed to hold meetings and public gatherings in the tribal areas.
People of tribal areas have already been allowed to vote directly and elect their representatives.
He pointed out that FATA has all the necessary ingredients to progress and develop and the government has been endeavoring to exploit this potential.
The President hoped that reforms introduce are will prove a leap forward for the people of FATA towards their freedom‚ liberties‚ human rights and political participation.
He hoped that dynamics of political reforms will also help promote peace in the area.
