FCR committee working on amendments (Khalid Aziz)
The FCR committee constituted by the NWFP Governor has held three working sessions so far. In the mean-time, reports have appeared in the media, regarding the working of the committee. This article […]
View ArticleFATA facts and figures
The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) are a group of small administrative units in the northwest of Pakistan, lying between the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan in the south, and...
View ArticleTaliban flyer threatens voters, calls democracy and elections anti-Islamic...
The flyer pictured below was found posted in FR Peshawar and FR Kohat, both part of constituency NA-47 in the Frontier Regions, part of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) during the […]
View ArticleFATA women in 2013 general elections
The general elections of May 2013 have not only proved a harbinger of change for the entire country, but it certainly did for one particular marginalized group; that is, women from the […]
View ArticleWhat is FATA? (Zar Ali Khan)
The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in Pakistan are areas bordering Afghanistan, outside the four provinces, comprising a region of 27,220 square kilometers (10,507 square miles). The area...
View ArticleReview of FATA local government regulation (Zahir Shah Safi)
Centralization of power in political agents is considered to be the root cause of many evils in the tribal areas. FATA Local Government Regulation 2002 comprehensively determines the formation,...
View ArticleFATA local government law exists on website only
PESHAWAR: The proposed FATA Local Government Regulation, 2012 meant to empower people of the tribal areas at grassroots level exists on the official website of the Civil Secretariat Fata only, as...
View ArticleBig debate on governing FATA (Zia-ur-Rehman)
The notion of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) as the epicentre of international terrorism has rapidly gained traction — not only are Pakistan and Afghanistan being affected by the...
View ArticleFATA parliamentarians demand Article 247 amendment
ISLAMABAD: FATA parliamentarians held a press conference on Friday to demand that IDPs be returned to cleared areas, an end to corruption in FATA administration, more direct involvement in the work of […]
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