Early local bodies polls in Fata demanded
Political and judicial vacuum coupled with bad governance and massive corruption in state institutions that resulted in creating a gap between the state and society ultimately led to the people’s…
Fata’s future
The election fervour in the tribal areas, now merged into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) without proper arrangements to replace the old colonial system, was worth watching. Their enthusiasm for their candidates…
Fata after the UDHR
Besides the doctrine of vicarious liabilities, across the globe every person is only responsible for his acts and omissions; this is the universal principle on which all the civilised nations…
PTI’s opportunity in the former Fata
One of the less heralded aspects of the PTI’s election win is the overwhelming margin of its victory in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. One could argue that this general election was the…
Legitimising Fata reforms
With the Supreme Court and High Court (Extension of Jurisdiction to Federally Administered Tribal Areas) Act, 2018 having been passed, the government’s fresh initiatives on reforming the war-ravaged Fata have…
Mainstreaming Fata
The Pakhtuns of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas ought to be congratulated on the success of their relentless struggle, with the support of the Fata political alliance, to shed the…
Fata merger: who should decide?
Fata occupies a unique position in the history of Pakistan as a no-man’s land and the least understood part of the country and generally forgotten in all things. No government…
Changing Fata
In 1901, the Frontier Crimes Regulations (FCR) was promulgated in Fata. The regulation was originally drafted in 1872 by the British rulers. In order to strengthen their colonial empire, the…
