ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman, Imran Khan has termed thepassing of the FATA-KP merger bill by the National Assembly as a victoryfor the country.

Speaking on the floor of the house on Thursday, the PTI chief expressedthat the recently introduced legislation has filled the void in the tribalareas.

“Only time will tell that this is the right decision,” declared Imran Khan.

He welcomed the passing of the bill by the Lower Chamber of the Parliament,saying that without the merger, there were chances of chaos in the area.

“We Pakistani’s participated in someone else’s war after 9/11. People ofFata were forced to migrate due to initiation of military operation.Adoption of Fata-KP merger bill is a big step towards alleviatingreservations of tribal people”, stated Khan.

He also urged to hold local body polls in Fata at the earliest whilewarning that the political foes can resist the move; he demanded toconstitute a committee to hear legitimate demands of tribal people.

The 67-year-old politician also expressed his views over the 2014 sit-insand expressed that it was their legal right to stage protests for demandingscrutiny of four constituencies.

We are public representatives and it’s our duty to safeguard the rights ofthe people, added Khan.

On the occasion, the members from treasury benches tried to interrupt thespeech of Khan, to which the PTI leader replied that the members should betolerant enough to listen.

The lawmaker continued that his party trusted Almighty Allah as the soleumpire.

Imran Khan also took a sarcastic jibe at the former foreign minister,Khawaja Asif and remarked that once a member taunted him to ‘feel someshame’, however, he was not present in the house today.