Summary If FCR is such a good system, why isn't it implemented in Islamabad as well, questions JI head
PESHAWAR: (Dunya News) – Jamaat Islami (JI) head Sirajul Haq has on Saturday said that Article 247 of the constitution is a major hurdle in the way of tribal areas’ residents. “If Frontier Crime Regulations (FCR) is such a good law, why isn’t it also implemented in Islamabad”, he questioned, reported Dunya News.
A ‘Jirga’ of Bajaur’s 50-member political committee was held at Markaz-e-Islami, Peshawar, under the headship of JI head Sirajul Haq. Talking to jirga and holding a press conference later on, Sirajul Haq said that FCR was holding back the tribal people from economic, social, political and educational progress. He demanded establishment of Federally Administer Tribal Areas (FATA) Council on the lines of Gilgit-Baltistan province.
Sirajul Haq told the press conference that Article 247 was a major hurdle. Member of Bajaur’s political united jirga Akhoonzada Chattaan has said that local body elections are about to be held throughout the country but FATA has been kept away from it.
Members from Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Pakistan Muslim League – Quaid (PML-Q), Jamiat Ulema Islam – Fazl (JUI-F), Jamaat Islami, traders’ unions and others.
