Jirga to discuss Fata situation

Published June 11, 2007

PESHAWAR, June 10: Senator Hamidullah Afridi has said that a grand jirga of tribesmen would be convened in Peshawar on June 14 to discuss the prevailing law and order situation in the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (Fata).

Talking to elders from the seven agencies and six Frontier Regions of Fata here on Sunday, Mr Afridi said that elders and professionals belonging to the remote region would participate in the jirga to discuss the situation and provide suggestions in this regard.

He said the tribesmen should launch a struggle for their rights, adding that the jirga would focus on the role tribal people would be playing in the proposed Pak-Afghan Loya Jirga to be held in Kabul next August.—Bureau

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