PM forms committee for FATA reforms

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif has formed a committee tasked to undertake reforms in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).

According to a notification issued for the formation of the committee, Advisor for National Security Sartaj Aziz will be its head while Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Sardar Mehtab, Minister for States and Frontier Regions Abdul Qadir Baloch, Prime Minister's Advisor on National Security Nasir Janjua, and MNA Zahid Hamid will be its members.

The committee will hold consultations with all the stakeholders before preparing and presenting its recommendations.

The notification further said that the committee becomes operational with immediate effect.