Anti-merger body begins mobilising people.

GHALANAI -- A delegation of the Tribal Protection Movement visited Mohmand tribal district on Monday to mobilise people against the former Fata's merger with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Speaking at a press conference at Mohmand Press Club, the delegation members categorically rejected the merger and said a separate province was a legal and constitutional right of the tribal people.

The movement's president Abu Sufyan Mehsud, Malik Naib Khan Afridi, Malik Dawood Koki Khel, Malik Khan Dad, Malik Ziarat Gul Mohmand, Malik Saleem Sardar Mohmand, Malik Zahid Khan Safi and Malik Mir Afzal Mohmand were present on the occasion.

They said the committee headed by Sartaj Aziz had recommended the merger 'without seeking people's input'.

They said that...

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