JI peace caravan calls for tribal rights

Professor urges govt to explain the ‘drone attack’

PESHAWAR:

Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JI) peace caravan for tribal rights reached Orakzai and later Karam district on its second day.

The convoy was led by JI Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Ameer Professor Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, Shah Faisal Afridi, Sardar Khan, Zar Noor Afridi, and others.

Professor Khan strongly condemned the reported drone attack in South Waziristan and expressed grief and sorrow over the martyrdom of innocent children, adding that the rulers of the country should tell who was behind it.

It is the responsibility of the government and security agencies to provide security to the public, he said, adding that the provision of law and order, education, health, employment, justice, and fairness is the responsibility of the government.

The rights of the tribal people are a debt to the government, he stated, adding that the government has not fulfilled even one of the promises it made to the tribes before the merger between erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and K-P.

The JI leader said that by increasing the number of seats in the National and Provincial Assemblies, the tribal districts should be represented in the Senate.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 17^th, 2023.