Taking to Twitter, the prime minister announced that he had promised the people of Bajaur to provide them with 3G service.
Islamabad (Pakistan Point News – 25th March, 2019) Prime Minister Imran Khan has fulfilled his commitment to bring Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) into the national mainstream.
Taking to Twitter, the prime minister announced that he had promised the people of Bajaur to provide them with 3g service.
He said that 3G service has now been launched in Tehsil Khawar in Bajaur.
“Another commitment fulfilled to bring what was FATA into the mainstream. Last Friday in the jalsa I had promised the people of Bajaur 3 G service. Now 3 G service has been launched in Tehsil Khawar in Bajaur,” he wrote.
On March 4, regular courts started functioning in tribal districts of the erstwhile FATA.
According to Registrar Peshawar High Court Khawaja Wajihud Din, 28 judicial officers and eighteen prosecutors have been posted in the tribal districts. The registrar relayed that the special training is being provided to judicial officers to make them conversant with the peculiar customs of tribal districts.
On February 25, the Peshawar High Court (PHC) had approved appointment of judges in tribal districts after merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). The PHC had issued notification for judges appointments in local courts of tribal districts, making a broader step for extending access of judiciary to the tribes people.
Earlier, a constitutional amendment (Thirty-First Amendment) for the merger of FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was passed in the National Assembly on May 24, 2018.
Later, Senate approved the constitutional amendment bill with majority for the merger of the Fata with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa a day after its approval from the National Assembly.
The amendment reduces the number of seats in the National Assembly from 342 to 336. The members of the National Assembly from Fata to be elected in the 2018 election shall continue till dissolution of the Lower House. Elections on these provincial legislature seats shall be held within one year after the general elections 2018.
