Federally Administered Tribal Areas

Federally Administered Tribal Areas
وفاق کے زیر انتظام قبائلی علاقہ جات
فدرالي قبايلي سيمې
Semi-autonomous territory of Pakistan
1947–2018
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Former Location of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Area 
• 2017
27,220 km2 (10,510 sq mi)
History 
14 August 1947
31 May 2018
Preceded by
Succeeded by
British Administrated Tribal Areas
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Today part ofKhyber Pakhtunkhwa

The Federally Administered Tribal Areas,[a] commonly known as FATA, was a semi-autonomous tribal region in north-western Pakistan that existed from 1947 until being merged with the neighbouring province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2018 through the Twenty-fifth amendment to the constitution of Pakistan. It consisted of seven tribal agencies (districts) and six frontier regions, and were directly governed by the federal government through a special set of laws called the Frontier Crimes Regulations.

On 24 May 2018, the National Assembly of Pakistan voted in favour of an amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan for the FATA-KP merger which was approved by the Senate the following day.[1] Since the change was to affect the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, it was presented for approval in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on 27 May 2018, and passed with majority vote. On 28 May 2018, the President of Pakistan signed the FATA Interim Governance Regulation, a set of interim rules for FATA until it merges with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa within a timeframe of two years.[2] The 25th Amendment received assent from President Mamnoon Hussain on 31 May 2018, after which FATA was officially merged with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[3]


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  1. ^ "Senate approves FATA, K-P merger bill". The Express Tribune. Tribune. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Tribespeople freed of FCR as president signs FATA governance regulation". geo.tv. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  3. ^ "President signs 'Constitutional Amendment' to merge FATA with KP". The Nation. 31 May 2018. Archived from the original on 31 May 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2018.