As a major
step towards mainstreaming of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, the
federal cabinet today approved placing of a bill before the Parliament that
seeks to extend jurisdiction of Supreme Court and Islamabad High Court to the tribal
areas.
The decision
was taken during meeting of the federal cabinet with Prime Minister Shahid
Khaqan Abbasi in chair.
It was
decided that after its passage through the Parliament, abolition of FCR,
extension of jurisdiction of the Superior Courts and implementation of normal
laws of the country would be enforced in the tribal areas in a phased manner.
This will be reinforced by a massive development effort which will be financed
through allocation of additional resources from the divisible pool after
concurrence of all stakeholders. A
National Implementation Committee under the Prime Minister has already been
constituted for overseeing the political, legal, administrative and
developmental mainstreaming of FATA, the Cabinet was informed.
Besides, the
Cabinet also accorded approval to Finance Division for laying the Annual Report
of SECP for the year 2015-16 and that of Competition Commission of Pakistan for
the year 2013 and 2014 in the Parliament after publication in the Gazette of
Pakistan.
National
Electric Power Regulatory Authority’s Annual Report for 2015-16 and state of
Industry Report for 2016 was also presented before the Cabinet.
The Prime
Minister directed the concerned ministry for a comprehensive presentation to
the Cabinet on power generation, distribution & transmission, liabilities
and recoveries and load management in the country.
The Cabinet
also approved signing of agreement between the Government of Islamic Republic
of Pakistan and the Government of Tanzania on abolition of visa for diplomatic
and official passport holders.
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