Addressing a press conference in Islamabad today, he said the government made efforts to achieve consensus for four years, and today, the amendment has been adopted with the two-third majority to mainstream FATA. He thanked all the parties for cooperation in passing the bill in the National Assembly.
He also vowed that FCR would be scrapped from FATA after implementation of FATA bill.
The Prime Minister said the amendment will initiate a process to ensure development and equal rights to the people of FATA.
“One hundred billion rupees per year will be spent for ten years to bring FATA at par with other parts of the country in terms of development and other facilities,” he said adding that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government will implement this development agenda in FATA.Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said local bodies elections will also be held in FATA this year to devolve powers at the grassroots level.
He dispelled the impression of any foreign pressure for FATA’s merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Responding to a question regarding the nomination of the caretaker prime minister, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said no agreement has so far been reached between him and opposition leader Syed Khurshid Shah about it.
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