ISLAMABAD:
Five political parties have decided to call a grand tribal Jirga in Islamabad on November 22, to discuss the plight of the people displaced by the military operation in the tribal areas.
The decision was taken at the meeting called by Awami National Party (ANP) President Asfandyar Wali Khan in Islamabad.
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazalur Rehman, chief of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Mehmood Khan Achakzai, Qaumi Wattan Party (QWP) chairman Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao and Amir of Jamaat-e-Islami Sirajul Haq attended the meeting and discussed issues faced by over a million IDPs camped in different cities of K-P.
The meeting felt that the displacement of tribal people from their homes has become a humanitarian issue and all stakeholders need to play their role to handle it. The meeting decided to take all the tribal elders on board to handle the situation in future.
The leaders have decided to call a meeting on November 22. The Jirga will be attended by large number of tribal elders, political leaders and other relevant people to discuss the IDPs issue and highlight their plight.
The political leaders criticised both the federal as well as the provincial government of K-P for failing to play their role to handle the situation, saying that IDPs have rendered sacrifices for the sake of national security by leaving their homes to facilitate the army.
The leaders also criticised both the print and electronic media for what they said was blacking out the IDPs issues and projecting a sit-in in Islamabad for the last three months.
“We had invited the concerned political parties’ leaders today to discuss IDPs issues in our province, who have been left unattended,” said ANP information secretary Senator Zahid Khan.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 18th, 2014.
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@ Umair dosent matter who has the responsibility of IDPs, if PTI got votes from Fata then they should come up and do some thing period. It is true none of the political party has not given much attention to this issue except Naimat ullah khans Al khidmat.
Is it coincidence that none of these 5 main and their behind 2nd tier leadership went to meet IDPs? Is it coincidence that while IDPs have migrated from FATA and not KP but all of these 5 leaders are allys of Nawaz Sharif?
@ MAD well probably one has to die then PTI govt will be in action, and what so strange about Siraj ul haq? if imran khan got resign his own govt minsters due to negligence and corruption, it is fine but if siraj ul haq criticize his own kp govt negligence over IDP it is wrong. :)
First of all no IDPs were killed. The report was false and the journalist who broke it apologized on twitter for it. Second a bit strange to see SIraj ul haq Sb criticize his own govt. Same for Fazlur Rehman
You people can't do any thing, we have seen like you in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and in Philistine.. enough is enough... don't try to shine your local politics. Army started this operation and they will only give safety and shelter to these IDPs.
This is a very rare meeting of pakhtoon leaders for the common cause of solving the IDPS problems.We support you,go ahead .
FATA is the direct responsibility of Federal Govt and not KPK. The region is controlled by the Federal government of Pakistan and on behalf of the President, the Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly NWFP) exercises the federal authority in the context of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Blaming Imran Khan is simply lack of knowledge about the affairs of State. What we should ask is "Where is Mamnoon Hussain"????
Imran Khan is too obsessed with power to care about helping IDPs in KPK. He should ask PTI to resign in KPK for their abject failure on all fronts.
Vultures !!!!
Shouldn't we file an FIR directly against pervaiz Khattak over the killing of the IDPs?