Youth Manifesto 2012 190912

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YouthManifesto2012FATA ReformsAuthors: Amir Abbas Turi (YP08-FATA01) and Tabraiz Marri (YP58-SINDH10)thAfter the 18 Constitutional Amendment, powers of State Executive weretransferred from the President of Pakistan to the Parliament. However, despitesuch measures, The President of Pakistan still holds an authoritative positionfor decision making in the tribal areas instead of Parliament. The plight ofFATA's legislators is such that they can legislate for the entire region ofPakistan, but their local region in accordance with the article 247 of theConstitution of Pakistan.The FATA region consists of seven agencies i.e. Bajaur, Mohmand, Khyber,Orakzai, Kurram, North Waziristan and South Waziristan and six frontierregions. What is considered to be one of the most dangerous places on earthtoday was a peaceful territory prior to 9/11 despite its governance shortfallings. Political reforms in FATA are the need of the hour; however, in order toimplement the writ of state in this region, a Constitutional amendment is apre-requisite. Currently, Article 247 (3) restricts the Parliament's legislationsto be implemented in the region, unless the President so directs. Incumbently,the draconian law of FCR is applied in the region.The Youth of Pakistan believes that it is imperative to implement the writ ofState in the Federally Administered Tribal areas, and believes that followingmeasures must be undertaken:1. The Parliament should act immediately to remove the self imposed barfrom legislation for FATA.2. A constitutional amendment to omit section 247 of the Constitution ofPakistan must be introduced.3. Once the lawmakers are rendered capable of legislating for FATA region,they must replace a century old Draconian law FCR 1901 with PPC.4. An immediate halt to the military operations within the region for securingtrust and cooperation of local tribal men.5. We must immediately demand halt of drone strikes in the region, whichare not only a clear violation of our sovereignty and International law, butalso responsible for civilian fatalities.6. FATA must be given a provincial status in the near future and specialcommittee in the National Assembly must be formed to discuss theissues related to provincial status for FATA.7. In case of reservations about granting FATA a provincial status in theshort-run, an interim legislative Assembly must be formed for FATAwhich would provide the locals a sense of ownership.8. Currently, the appointment of Political agent in FATA agency by additionalChief Secretary FATA and Governor is equivalent to dragging the countryin an obsolete form of bureaucracy. Such form of appointments must bechanged after implementation of PPC in the region.9. In order to resolve any internal security threats, the local tribal leadersmust be taken aboard in a dialogue process and those tribal-men must beensured of their rights in the new form of Governance.33
YouthManifesto201210. The Government must ensure that development works begin in the regionprior to granting the region a Provincial/Semi-Provincial State.Implementation of these reforms will ensure local support and engagementinto the process of Democracy, thus rendering them capable of makingcorrect political decisions for themselves. Sometimes the conservativeIslamic ideology of local tribal men is wrongly translated into fundamentalismor extremism, providing the FATA region a right to govern will opencommunication channels thus assist is changing global perception aboutFATA. It is a win-win situation for involved parties. The youth believes that ifright steps are taken in the right direction, together we can make a difference.34
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