The latest episode of Da Semay Jaaj (Regional Review) focused on the various issues of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas, with reports from Kohat, Swat and Mohmand Agency.
Around 20 callers belonging to D.I Khan, Karak, South Waziristan, Peshawar, and Tank, complained regarding the power, gas, schools and infrastructure issues.
Molana Ashraf Ali Marwat participated in the show via telephone. Commenting on Tahir Rasheed’s report from Kohat, he said that Islam preaches love, equality and tolerance. The cultural behaviors have become such that they promote hate, inequality and intolerance.
Another report discussed the grievances of women local bodies’ members of Swat. Advocate Zehra, member of District Council Peshawar, also participated in the show via telephone. She said that women face discrimination during distribution of funds and other authorities. She said that the government should amend the local bodies’ Act for the betterment of women and minorities.
Gul Hussain’s report from Mohmand Agency pointed out violations of human rights due the presence of the FCR (Frontier Crime Regulations) laws.
About Sabawoon:
Sabawoon airs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) since 2011. It began as a counter-radicalization, strategic communications program, designed to highlight and promote the fundamental governance values such as democracy, rule of law, women’s rights, and equal citizenry, social cohesion.
The show airs Monday through Thursday every week under four themes on FM-101.5 Peshawar and Dera Ismail Khan 711 kHz from 3:20 PM to 4:00 PM.
On Monday, Jarga Maraka covers current affairs and important regional issues with an input from government and other senior officials. On Tuesday, Da Simay Jaaj gives an overview of the top stories from KP and FATA regions. Jwandai Jazbey airs on Wednesday and deals with issues of relevance to, and significance for, youth, students and women. Socio-cultural affairs are discussed in Ranra on Thursday.
The primary objective of the show has been to underline the criticality of constitutionalism, fundamental rights, public accountability and the rule of law for countering extremism illegalities of all forms.