ADAMKHEL (Kohat): Provincial Governor Mohammad Musa told the tribal Jirga of Adamkhel, Kohat, this morning [May 21] that President Ayub’s policy has been to bring the less-developed areas at par with more developed parts of Pakistan. He said, in pursuance of this policy the Government is giving utmost attention to the improvement of the tribal areas.

He was replying to a welcome address presented to him by Afridi tribesmen of the Kohat Pass.

The Governor said under the President’s inspiring leadership spectacular progress has been made and he was happy to know that the tribesmen were fully satisfied with the internal and external policies of the present regime.

The Governor referred to the tribal master plan. He said “under this plan a programme has been prepared to develop the tribal areas on a big scale”. This plan, he promised will make the tribal areas leap forward to the road of progress and, “Your future generations will be more prosperous, satisfied and affluent”. The Governor said a special department has been created to look after tribal affairs.

Published in Dawn, May 22nd, 2018

Opinion

Editorial

Ties with Tehran
Updated 24 Apr, 2024

Ties with Tehran

Tomorrow, if ties between Washington and Beijing nosedive, and the US asks Pakistan to reconsider CPEC, will we comply?
Working together
24 Apr, 2024

Working together

PAKISTAN’S democracy seems adrift, and no one understands this better than our politicians. The system has gone...
Farmers’ anxiety
24 Apr, 2024

Farmers’ anxiety

WHEAT prices in Punjab have plummeted far below the minimum support price owing to a bumper harvest, reckless...
By-election trends
Updated 23 Apr, 2024

By-election trends

Unless the culture of violence and rigging is rooted out, the credibility of the electoral process in Pakistan will continue to remain under a cloud.
Privatising PIA
23 Apr, 2024

Privatising PIA

FINANCE Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s reaffirmation that the process of disinvestment of the loss-making national...
Suffering in captivity
23 Apr, 2024

Suffering in captivity

YET another animal — a lioness — is critically ill at the Karachi Zoo. The feline, emaciated and barely able to...