He was addressing a jirga of the tribal elders, political and religious leaders during his visit to Bajaur tribal district in Khar on Thursday. The CM said that the merger of Fata with KP was truly a great and historical move which will bring positive and pleasant changes in the lives of tribal people.
Mahmood Khan said the federal and provincial government especially the PM Imran Khan was taking keen interest in execution of merger process, saying the merger process would complete very soon.
He said the provincial government on the special directives of PM Imran Khan has planned to give special attention towards the tribal districts in the development schemes in order to ensure basic and modern facilities to its residents.
CM further said that this is fact that the tribal districts had been ignored in development schemes in the past; however, he said that now his government will make the new districts the most developed areas of the province. He also said that he had directed the ministers to visit the tribal districts in order to know about the problems being faced by tribal people.
The CM said that Sehat Insaf Cards which had already been extended to most districts of the province will soon be extended to the tribal districts of erstwhile FATA.