Fata has 12 parliamentarians and 8 Senators to Represent it people who are only 2% of the population of Pakistan. Since no political parties are allowed to field the candidate, hence they are independents. Since FATA is controlled by Islamabad and by the President through Governor NWFP and they have no link with NWFP provincial parliament, their leader is Munir Orakzai in National Assembly and belongs to Parachinar. These parliamentarians cannot escape the blame of the present state of affairs and the social and economic backwardness of these areas, -DR KHURRUM SHAUKAT YUSAFZAI, Peshawar, via e-mail, July 1.