SAFRON minister announces annulment of ruthless FC regulation in FATA within weekISLAMABAD: Minister for States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON), Abdul Qadir Baloch Friday said preparations for Federally Administrative Tribal Areas (FATA) merger were going on fast track and announcement of the merger could take a year or two. He said the process of recruiting additional 20,000 personnel in Levy force would be finalised within 2-3 months, and the recruitment process was being held under Frontier Corps. Abdul Qadir Baloch informed that the Rahdari system in FATA was also being abolished from January 1, 2018. He said under this system, heavy taxes were imposed on any commodity being transported from other parts of the country to FATA. The minister said the government was not delaying any project, as it had sufficient funds of Rs80 billion for the current fiscal year.

Source: Pakistan Today December 08, 2017 12:48 UTC