Tribal women seek representation in Jirga, reject ‘Riwaj Act’ in FATA reforms
Peshawar — Tribal women have expressed concerns over the replacement of Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) with the “Riwaj Act”, as proposed in reforms package by the government FATA reforms committee to mainstream the terror-hit tribal areas.
Half of the FATA’s population is women who are completely neglected by the government in the ongoing democratic development in FATA.
Like, FATA MPs, tribal women have also expressed their deep reservations over zero representation of women in the reforms committee.
Sakeena Rehman of Mohmand Agency is participating in politics for the last 20 years. She says that the proposed reforms package for FATA is nothing more than confusion. “We do not know where we (women) will stand after the merger’s approval,” she pointed towards FATA’s merger into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, “No one ask women even talk about women’s role.”
