Civil Society can play positive and constructive role in promotion of peace and development of FATA

22nd March, 2011

FRs Civil Society Network (FCSN) held a dialogue titled Mobilization Meeting with Civil Society Organizations of FRs for promotion of peace, with collaboration of Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO) in FR Peshawar. A large number of people from all walks of life including youth, political and civil society activists, teachers, students, media persons and lawyers participated.
Zar Ali Khan Afridi, Coordinator FCSN welcomed participants and said that role of civil society in promotion of peace is very important. He said that peace needs to be promoted in FRs as without peace development is not possible. He emphasized on participants that our life and property will be at stake if we all do not stand and work for the promotion of peace in region. Role of civil society in promotion of peace could not be neglected. This is the reason that we are sitting here and discussing this important thing which plays role in our life. We should not think that only rulers will come to our rescue. We are people of civil society and we have to play role other wise situations will go against us and weeping after spilt milk will not help. We all know well more than other that our region is burning. We have to put out this fire. We have to play role. We have to stand up. Our collective efforts will get us rid of this menace of extremism and militancy. For this purpose we have come to you to get our people mobilized to work for solution of our own problems. We have been working in FR regions along side you to promote the peace in region. For this purpose we are building your capacity. That’s why we are giving you trainings regularly.
Naeem Gul Khan said in his address to the participants that role of civil society is very important in promotion of peace. We have been suffering from the menace of terrorism which has taken us all as hostage. Our politics, economy, business, social life and code have been badly affected.
Dr. Rahim Kham said to the participants that without peace progress is not possible. Our civil society has the responsibility to educate people and work to promote peace in our region. He also talked at length about education and especially girl’s education saying that today girl’s schools are targeted which tells us that women could play constructive and positive role in establishment of peace but enemies of peace hit this sector which has a message for us all.
Arif khan an educationist and peace activist said that peace is the responsibility of civil society. Civil society plays role in promotion of peace but here this society has been made ineffective which is a sorry state of affairs. He said civil society will have to educate the people as education can play role in promotion of peace. Good mothers can give good nation to us but on condition that mothers should be educated to tell the siblings about peace.
Asim khan a civil society activist emphasized on good health saying sound body has sound mind. Mothers will have to feed children properly. Only then peace could be promoted.
Fazal Ghani an n other peace activist of frontier region said that our areas are burning for the last several years which has affected us all. It would be better to have watched matches of world cup in Pakistan but ironically due to lack of peace here we were not able to watch world cup matches in our country Pakistan. We all should get together to promote this important thing which has role in progress and prosperity and bright future of our coming generation.




Regards,

Zar Ali Khan Afridi
Coordinator
FRs Civil Society Network
(FCSN)
&
Chairman
Tribal NGOs Consortium
tncfata@gmail.com
0301-5963337
FR- Regions

FATA Rugby Association launched while cricket tournament final in FR Peshawar concluded successfully

Sports Manager FR Peshawar and Kohat
Press Release
March 12, 2011


An important meeting of FATA players and people was held in Qayyum Stadium Peshawar Cantt under the presidentship of Noor Aslam Khan Afridi, Sports Officer FR Peshawar and FR Kohta. Mr. Jamal Khan Development Officer of Pakistan Rugby Association also participated. On this occasion a large number of people from FR Peshawar were present. Besides a large number of media persons also attended the meeting. In meeting rugby Associations of FATA was formed. Following persons from FATA elected as the office bearers for the Association.
List of elected members for Association is attached along with it.

Final of Cricket Tournament in FR Peshawar concluded successfully

13TH March, 2011


A tournament of cricket was held at Shamshato FC Ground FR Peshawar. This tournament was organized by the cricket players of FR Peshawar. Players from four sub tribes of FR Participated.Mr Anwar Khan Afridi was the main person who helped this tournament organized for the people and players of FR Peshawar. Besides FR Olympic Association and Sports officer FR Kohat and FR Peshawar Noor Aslam Afridi also played role and encouraged the players and people to engage in such healthy activities to promote peace in area. This tournament was commenced at January 18, and ended at March 13, 2011. Total numbers of teams participated was 32. Two teams Saifullah eleven and Saeed eleven qualified for the final. The said teams were from Janakor Hassan Khel and Kohi Hassan khel. They played well and at last after hectic efforts Saeed eleven won the final. A large number of participants were present on the occasion. On this occasion people from all walks of life were also present. Among them Malik Luqman Afridi President FR Olympic Association, Zar Ali Khan Afridi, General Secretary FR Olympic Association , Miraj Gul Afridi Senior vice President, Dr Tariq Afridi, Muhammad Anwar, Malik Khan Azam, Noor Aslam Khan Afridi Sports Manager FR Peshawar and a large number of people participated. Winner team was given trophy while loser team was also given awards. Malik Luqman Afridi announced an award of 5000 Rupees for winner team.
People appreciated this game very much and demanded for continuation of this process in FR Peshawar and other tribal areas for promotion of peace and development of the area.



FATA Rugby Association

S.No

Name

Designation
1
Mr. Abdul Raziq(Federal Minister)


Patron in Chief
2
Gul Jamal Khan(APA FR Kohat)


Patron
3
Muhammad Zaheeruddin Babar(APA FR Pesh


Chairman

4
Junaid Afridi


President
5
Taimur Khan



SVP
6
Sher Shah Alizai


VP 1
7
Mujeeb Alam(Khyber Agency)


VP 2
8
Maj. Jawad Hussain(Kurram Agency
)

VP3
9
Haji Rehman Afridi(FR Pesh)


VP 5
10
Ran Nawaz(FR Kohat)


VP 6
11
Noor Aslam Khan Afridi(FR Kohat)


General Secretary
12
Malik Luqman Afridi(FR Pesh)


Assistant Secretary 1
13
Miss Saman Rukh(FR DI Khan)
Assistant Secretary 2
14
Arif Afridi(FR Pesh)


Finance Secretary
15
Zar Ali Khan Afridi(FR Pesh)


Press Secretary
16
Sanaullah Khan(Mohmand Agency)


Legal Advisor
17
Ali Wazir( S. Waziristan)


Executive Member
18
Yar Rehman Afridi


Executive Member
19
Hameedullak Khan(Bajour)


Executive Member
20
Sabir Bangash(Kurram Agency)


Executive Member
21
Shah Hussain Khan Adv. Orakzai Agency)


Executive Member
22
Manzoor Afridi(Khyber Agency)


Executive Member
23
Engineer Shahi Khan(FR DI Khan)


Executive Member


Regards,

Zar Ali Khan Afridi
Chairman TNC
Coordinator
FCSN
And General Secretary
FR Peshawar Olympic Association
0301-5963337
tncfata@gmail.com
www.tncfata.blogspot.com

TNC and FCSN condole death of Rauf Khan Afridi of FR Peshawar

Chairman Tribal NGOs Consortium and Coordinator FCSN Zar Ali Khan Afridi, General Secretary Manzoor Afridi, Finance Secretary Arif Afridi, Members executive committee Ashraf Ali Khan Sherani, Atlas Khan Sherani, Wali Khan Sherani, Haji Shaukat Ali Khan Betani, Sajid Bhetani, Saeed Akhtar Betani, Haji Rehamn Afridi, Luqman Afridi, Dr. Tariq Afridi, Shabir Ahmad Marwat, Munawar Khan Bhetani, Kamran Betani, Dilbar Khan Betani, and Kamila Khan of FRs Civil Society Network (FCSN) in a joint press statement have expressed their heartfelt grief and sorrow over the untimely death of Rauf Khan Afridi of FR Peshawar, President AAS Welfare Association and member executive committee of FCSN. Rauf Khan Afridi was ill for the last several days and had retained his health once again and used to come to the office of FCSN but today mid noon a sad news of his death saddened his friends and well wishers. His death was caused due to his cardiac arrest. His services for his people and FATA will be remembered for a long time. All members of TNC and FCSN have condoled his death with family and friends and have prayed to Allah Almighty to give courage to them to bear this great loss with steadfastness and patience. His funeral prayers will be held today 4 pm and will be buried at his ancestral graveyard in Kohi Hassan Khel, FR Peshawar. May his soul rest in peace. Ameen


Regards,

Zar Ali Khan Afridi
Chairman
Tribal NGOs Consortium
& Coordinator
FCSN
0301-5963337
tncfata@gmail.com

FCSN held folk dance Atan in FR DI Khan

FRs Civil Society Network (FCSN)


FRs Civil Society Network (FCSN) held a festival of ATAN, a local and folk dance in Drazinda FR DI Khan the other day. A large number of the dancers and participants took part in this Pashtun traditional dance.
The festival was arranged by FCSN with support of SPO for the promotion of peace through this traditional dance. People who were present on the occasion were amused and applauded the effort of the FCSN for promotion of peace through this dance. Such activities were often held in the previous times when the situations were normal and peaceful. These types of the traditional dances have played a great role in promotion of peace in a Pashtun society and even today it can play the role. The dancers were mostly students and youngsters who performed enthusiastically and they performed so well that the participants were surprised. People who were present on the occasion demanded of SPO like organizations to support such like activities for a constructive society where peace prevails and people get satisfied by acting upon their age old peaceful traditional songs and dances.

Regards,

Zar Ali Khan Afridi
Coordinator
FCSN
0301-5963337
Peshawar

People of FATA demand Zardari to fulfill his promise of reforms in FATA immediately

17th February, 2011

Peshawar :A dialogue was held by Society of Rights and Development (SRD) and MCED with collaboration of Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO) title Reforms in FATA, Way forward in Pearl Continental Hotel Peshawar. It was presided over by Arshad Haroon Regional Head of SPO while the participants had been invited from almost all seven Agencies and six FRs of FATA. Program was commenced with recitation of the Holy Quran while an overview of SPO work in FATA was presented by Zuhra Luqman MER Specialist of organization. Zar Ali Khan Afridi was stage secretary on this occasion. Those who participated in dialogue were Syed Mukhtar Bacha, Dr. Said Alam Mehsud, Zahir Shah safi Advocate , Raees Norat Khan, Haji Raza Khan, Dr. Sarfaraz Khan, Shamim Shahid, Idrees Kamal of Amn Tehrik, Mukarram Khan Atif, Ghani gul Mehsud, Zahir Shah Safi, Raees Norat Khan Afridi , Mardan Ali, Eng. Zaman Dawar, Abdul Rahim Afridi, Ghani Gul Mehsud, Nazif Khan, Manzoor Afridi, Khan Habib Afridi, Ameer Khan, Dr. Begum Jan, Shams Mohmand, former MNA Ghulam Sadiq, Parveen Akhtar member SPO board of directors, Ijaz Ahmad Afridi, Haji Rehman, Luqman Afridi, Salma of SPO. Besides a large number of participants from FATA also enthusiastically participated.

In his opening remarks to the participants Arshad Haroon said FATA comprises of seven Agencies and six FRs where the entire population has been suffering from the trouble and agonies. FATA is governed by regulations dating from the British Raj: the Frontier Crimes Regulations of 1901. In 20th century revolutions came where people got political thinking and many countries made a progress. Unfortunately our region remained deprived of the development and progress.

Dr Sarfaraz Khan Director Area study Center Peshawar University spoke at length about reforms in FATA saying that tribal should be brought in mainstream of the country. We all should get together and work collectively to implement reforms in FATA. People of FATA should form alliances with all peace loving, democratic and progressive political and social forces of the country and initiate a movement to exert pressure on government and Pakistani establishment to implement reforms in FATA.
Former Member of Parliament of Pakistan from Mohmand Agency Ghulam Sadiq said that sitting in parliament of Pakistan is useless and mere a waste of time. In parliament we are unable to play any role for our people. We can take part in legislation for the other parts of Pakistan but we can not represent those who have elected us. Parliamentarians of FATA in parliament are not more than laughing stock and are frequently sold out. We have to leave this bad practice and work for the people of FATA.
Shamim Shahid A senior Journalist said that FATA issue needs to be solved. He emphasized on the sitting government to implement the reforms announced by incumbent government. Militancy and terrorism were rooted out from Malakand Agency due to their representation in provincial parliament but FATA is still suffering from the menace because people of FATA have no representation in provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Abdul Haq of Mohmand Agency demanded for the abolition of the FCR and implementation of reforms announced by present government.
Said Mukhtar Bacha said that his party has a clear stand about FATA saying FATA should be merged into province and other options are just waste of time.
The participants were unanimous in promotion of peace, implementation of all types of political, legal, constitutional and economic reforms in FATA. Besides work for education and health should also be started. It was also demanded that reforms in FATA be implemented according to wishes of people of FATA. Different segments of society should get united to work for the reforms. People of FATA and FRs should come closer to develop a pressure on the government to implement reforms in FATA.
Parveen Akhtar member of SPO board of Directors in her concluding remarks thanked the participants for participation and appreciated the commitment of the people of FATA to work for the reforms in FATA.


Regards,

Zar Ali Khan Afridi
Executive Director
Society for Rights and Development
Chairman
Tribal NGOs Consortium
Srd.org.pk@gmail.com
0301-5963337

Olympic Association FR-Peshawar launched

Election of FR Peshawar Olympic Association was held in Qayyum Stadium Peshawar under the Presidentship of Muhammad Zahirrudin Babar Assistant Political Agent FR Peshawar. The following persons were unanimously elected as office bearers for the Olympic Association of FR Peshawar.

Names Designation

1. Muhammad Zahiruddin Babar Patron-in-Chief
2. Malik Luqman Afridi President
3. Miraj Gul Afridi Senior Vice President
4. Rehamn Afridi Vice-President
5. Zar Ali Khan Afridi General Secretary
6. M. Anwar Afridi Joint Secretary (One)
7. Joint Secretary (Two)
8. Arif Gul Afridi Finance Secretary
9. Ijaz Rahim Afridi Press Secretary
10. Malik Mir Afridi Chairman Executive Committee

The following persons of FR Peshawar were elected as members of Executive Committee
Mumtaz Khan Afridi
Jalil Khan Afridi
Saifullah Khan Afridi
Nasir Zaman Afridi
Noor Habib Afridi
Arshad Afridi
Muhammad Ayaz Afridi
Muhammad Tahir Afridi
Owais Afridi
M. Junaid Afridi


Regards,




General Secretary Patron-in-Chief President