Islamabad (October 18, 2017): Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi chaired the meeting of National Implementation Committee (NIC) on Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Reforms on Tuesday in Islamabad.
The National Implementation Committee on FATA reforms met in Islamabad today with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in the chair.
The Committee carried out an in-depth review of the issues raised and concluded that there was widespread support for the merger of FATA with KP.
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The Committee reviewed the progress on legal reforms and noted that a bill to extend the jurisdiction of High Court and Supreme Court to FATA has already been tabled in the National Assembly.
The Committee directed the Law Minister to expedite the passage of the bill through both houses of Parliament and also initiate other legal and administrative measures to extend the normal judicial system in FATA.
The Committee also directed the Finance Minister to seek the endorsement of the National Finance Commission to the proposal to allocate a share from the divisible pool for FATA for the next 10 years.
The meeting was attended by Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Minister for SAFRON Abdul Qadir Baloch, Law Minister Zahid Hamid, Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Sartaj Aziz, Governor KPK Iqbal Zafar Jhagra, Chief Minister Pervez Khattak and other officials.
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