FATA MPS change stance after US raid

ISLAMABAD - Members of Parliament (MPs) from Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA) here on Thursday, while strongly slamming the US-led coalition attack in South Waziristan Agency, announced not to vote for Asif Ali Zardari in the presidential election.

In an unprecedented move, FATA parliamentarians receding from their earlier commitment to support Asif Ali Zardari in the upcoming presidential election, announced that they would not vote for PPP's candidate in protest against government's failure to stop the US-led forces from carrying out strikes on Pakistan's tribal territories.

Leader of the FATA MPs, Munir Khan Aurakzai, said this while addressing the National Assembly in which he strongly criticised the US attack on Angoor Adda, a village in South Waziristan Agency.

Later, he, along with his other FATA MPs, walked out of the Lower House and told the media persons of their decision that they would not support Zardari in the presidential election.