ISLAMABAD: Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) chief Mahmood Achakzai andJamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) Fazal-ur-Rehman on Thursday once again opposedFATA merger with KPK.
Second session on FATA reforms bill—held at Prime Minister’s Chamber inNational Assembly with Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in the chair—ended in stalemateas Achakzai and Rehman stood firm on their previous stance.
On the other hand, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Awami National Party(ANP) and National Party (NP) put their weight behind premier for mergingFATA with KPK.
Owing to stern resistance by nationalists’ leaders, PM Abbasi had decidedto take the matter before Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz’s (PML-N) CentralExecutive Committee.