Elections should be held in tribal districts after complete census and constituencies, otherwise they will boycott the elections, said the elders (Photo: File).
Islamabad: The tribal elders demanded a suo motu notice from the Supreme Court on ill-treatment of the tribals.
Advisors of Khyber district, North Waziristan, Mohmand district and South Waziristan while holding a joint press conference at Peshawar Press Club said that the tribal region has been suffering from problems for the past twenty years, millions of people from Bajaur to Waziristan remained IDPs, the last census. Half of the population remained deprived, barely 5 million of the 1.2 million population was represented.
He demanded that the Election Commission conduct elections in tribal districts after full census and constituencies, if this is not done then the election will be boycotted.
The tribal advisers said that this time they were optimistic about the census but the Election Commission forced them to protest, the effort to make possible the ill-treatment of depriving them of their rights for five more years is going on, the state of Pakistan is our voice regarding the census. listen
He further said that Election Commission should conduct elections in tribal districts after complete census and constituencies.
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