Islamabad: Tribal leaders meeting with Iftikhar Chaudhry (ENN)
ISLAMABAD (By Ashrafuddin Pirzada) A delegation of tribal elders met with the former Chief Justice and Pakistan and the president of Pakistan Justice Democratic Party (PJDP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry at his residence in Islamabad and decided to demand a separate province for Fata people.
The delegation, led by PJDP Fata president Daulat Shah Afridi, Tribal elders Haji Afsari Khan Mohmand, Karimullah Shinwari and Younis Khan Shinwari met Chaudhry to seek his support on the demand of new province for FATA people.
Senior Supreme Court lawyers advocate Sheikh Ihsanuddin and advocate Noor Alam Khan were also present in the meeting.
Talking to ENN, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said that they discussed various aspects of Fata people and after thorough discussion with party leaders and law experts they decided that it would be better to give a separate province to tribal people.
“We will file a petition in Supreme Court within few days to pursue a case for province for Fata people”, said the former Chief Justice of Pakistan. He added that merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa would further increase their miseries. Iftikhar said article-1 of the constitution of Pakistan says that Fata is an independent unit being dealt with Frontier Crimes Regulations.
Chaudhry Iftikhar said tribal people rendered enormous sacrifices for the sake of Pakistan. He said if any step taken against the constitution of Pakistan, the results would be in negative.
