Senator Sirajul Haq calls for uniform laws all over the country

Lahore: Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Senator Sirajul Haq,  has called for uniform laws all over the country to remove all disparities and exploitation of the deprived. He was addressing a tribal Jirga comprising tribal elders and political leaders at Inayat Kalay in Bajaur agency.

Sirajul Haq said there were different laws for Islamabad and the tribal areas. There were people who were all praise for the FCR. “If the FCR is so good, why not to enforce it in Islamabad”, he asked. What is the harm in holding local bodies’ elections in the tribal areas, he asked.

The JI chief said that there was no representative from the tribal areas in the NFC Award due to which the tribal people remained deprived of their rights. He demanded tribal representation in the NFC Award. He also demanded that tribal areas be merged together in a separate province or a system similar to the Gilgit Baltistan be introduced there.He also called for a share for the tribal areas in the China Pak Economic corridor by building a highway in the area and by setting up an Industrial state.

JI tribal areas chief Sahibzada Haroon ur Rashid, Dr Munsif Khan, Abdul Wa’say, Maulana Abdul Majeed and other party leaders on the occasion.