Miranshah visit: PM likely to announce uplift package for tribal areas tomorrow

Premier Imran Khan will also hold meetings with a Jirga comprising tribal elders from North and South Waziristan

PESHAWAR: Prime Minister Imran Khan will embark on Monday for his maiden visit to the tribal districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa after assuming the PM office.

According to reports, the premier is scheduled to arrive in Miranshah to hold meetings with a Jirga comprising tribal elders from North and South Waziristan.

During the visit, Premier Imran is also expected to announce a package for development and progress of the tribal areas.



The districts, formerly agencies in the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), were made after former president Mamnoon Hussain signed the 25th Constitutional Amendment Bill into law earlier this year.

Proposed by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), the Fata-K-P merger bill aims at speeding up of mainstreaming the tribal areas.

The bill received staunch opposition from the ruling party’s strongest allies, Jamiat Ulema-e Islam-Fazl and Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party.

After securing two-thirds majority from in both the upper and lower house of parliament, the bill was also passed by K-P Assembly on May 27 with 92-7 votes amid protests.