Fata-KP merger demanded: Tribal women concerned over proposed reforms package

Tribal women from various agencies of Fata have expressed concern over the proposed reforms package for tribal region, and demanded the immediate merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Addressing at a news conference at press club on Thursday, Nousheen Fatima, focal person of Takrah Qabaili Khwenday (Brave tribal sisters), from Orakzai Agency said that the tribal women had adversely affected due to militancy and prolonged military operations in the tribal agencies, but they had completely ignored reforms process, initiated by government in Fata.
She further said that women also raised voice against the imposition of draconian law, Frontier Crime Regulation (FCR) in the tribal region. Commenting on the proposed Fata reforms package, she expressed serious concern over lack of representation of tribal women during reforms initiatives in Fata.