QUETTA, April 21: The chief minister of NWFP, Akram Durrani, has said the MMA government is enjoying good relations with the federal government. He was taking to newsmen soon after his arrival from Peshawar to condole with Speaker Balochistan Assembly Jamal Shah Kakar on the death of his mother.

He said tribal areas were under the administration of the federal government and question about these areas should be addressed to the provincial governor who was representing the federal government in the province.

Referring to operation in Waziristan, he said he had suggested to the federal government that the issue of Waziristan should be resolved through negotiations under the local tribal system and traditions.

“Political solution through negotiations is the only way to resolve this issue,” Mr Durrani said, and added that his government wanted that peace should be restored in Waziristan. He said that peace was necessary in Waziristan for the entire country.

He said that the ruling PML was involved in horse-trading during senate elections in the NWFP. However, he said that Islamabad and Peshawar were enjoying good relations.

MMA’s provincial president Maulana Mohammad Khan Sherani, Senior Minister Maulana Abdul Wasay, provincial ministers Hafiz Hamdullah and Faisal Daud were also present on the occasion.