Third Regional Workshop-Southern FATA.

The third and last regional workshop with participants from southern FATA was held on October 19-20, 2008. One hundred and twelve delegates from North and South Wazirestan Agencies and FRs Bannu, Lakki, Tank, DIK participated in the workshop. Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination and Leader of the House in Senate Mian Raza Rabbani was the chief guest in the opening session,

Senior Deputy Chairman of the Pakhtunkhwa Milli I Awami Party Senator Abdul Rahim Mandokhel was the keynote speaker, while Chief Minister KPK Ameer Haider Khan Hoti addressed the concluding session of the workshop. The three thematic groups were chaired by Farhatullah Babar, Former Chief Secretary Northern Areas Sangi Marjan Khan, Secretary of Planning and Development of the FATA Secretariat Zafar Hassan, Dr. Faqir Hussain, and Secretary Information of KPK Azmat Hanif Orakzai.