By Recorder Report
PESHAWAR: An ‘All Parties Conference’ organised under the auspices of JUI-F district Swat chapter has rejected the imposition of taxes in the former Federal Administered Tribal Area (Fata) and Provincial Administered Tribal Area (Pata).
According to a joint communiqué released after the moot, the special status of the former Fata/ Pata was abolished with commitments made for the development, employment opportunities and access to justice in the area, but no practical steps were taken in this regard.
The APC said that the inclusion of the hereditary and transferred land in the demarcation of the River Swat by the Irrigation Department is injustice, and demanded a new transparent and impartial survey for the purpose.
The participants of the conference also rejected the injudicious demarcation and occupation of the private properties by the forest department and asked the provincial government to take notice of it and provide justice to them.
They termed the inclusion of agricultural land in Swat E