PESHAWAR: JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Friday said the `representative jirga` rejected the government`s committee report about the political mainstreaming of Fata.

Talking to media at the JUPs secretariat here, Mr. Fazl said tribal elders had serious reservations about the committee`s report and categorically rejected it.

He said elders from seven Fata agencies and six Frontier Regions attended the jirga, which held discussion on the report for three hours. Maulana Rehman also attended the jirga.

The JUI-F chief said elders had serious apprehensions over the report and that the government was trying to make political future of Fata controversial.

He said the jirga was authorised to make decision about the future of tribal region. `Our party will organise the Fata Peace Conference in Peshawar on Dec 18 to hold discussion on the future of tribal region,` he said.

A six-member committee headed by adviser to the prime minister on foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz had compiled 80 pages report which had been presented to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The report has been tabled in parliament for discussion. The committee has recommended vast administrative, legal and economicreforms. The reportrecommending merger of Fata with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa aroused controversy.

The JUI-F and a group of tribal elders have been opposing the integration of Fata with the province.

The JUI-F had earlier suggested referendum to ask tribal people whether they were in favour of merger with KP or want a separate province for themselves.

Maulana Rehman regretted the recommendations of a jirga held in Islamabad in 2012 had not been incorporated in the committee`s report. He said political leadership had endorsed recommendations of the jirga held at Convention Centre in Islamabad. He also said he had held discussion with Sartaj Aziz on the committee report.