Tag: FATA-KP merger

History in the making: FC fort turned into police station in...

-First police station inaugurated in South Waziristan   ISLAMABAD: The first-ever police station was set up and inaugurated in Wana, headquarters of tribal district South Waziristan...

Cabinet puts heads together to fulfill manifesto promises

---Info minister says task forces will present plan for implementing PTI's promises within 90 days --Says govt will hold talks with PPP and PML-N for...

Revised FATA-KP merger plan to be executed in two instead of...

Merger of departments mentioned in phases one and two would be carried out simultaneously ISLAMABAD: In order to materialise the merger of FATA with...

Khasadar force personnel’s future uncertain after FATA-KP merger

PESHAWAR: Thousands of personnel of Khasadar forces from former Federally Administrative Tribal Areas (FATA) are uncertain about their future following the merger of the...

FATA reforms plan falls silent on future of Khasadar force

---Will govt offer Khasadars a golden handshake or merge them with Levies Forces? ---Khasadar officials form 80-member committee to secure their services after extension of...

Mamnoon signs FATA Interim Governance Regulation 2018

--Interim rules will govern FATA until it merges with KP ‘within a timeframe of two years’ --President to have jurisdiction over FATA, PATA until he...

KP-FATA merger bill gets Senate’s nod

71 senato­rs vote in favour, 5 against the bill as JUI-F and PkMAP walk out of session Bill will now be presented to KP...

Allied parties on board on FATA-KP merger: SAFRON minister

ISLAMABAD: Minister for States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) Abdul Qadir Baloch reiterated his government’s resolve that Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) would be brought...

National Assembly extends SC, high court’s jurisdiction to FATA

--House rejects amendments proposed by JUI-F's Naeema Kishwar, passes bill with majority vote --NA Opp leader demands FATA merger bill be presented in House in next...

FATA-KP merger most viable option, KP CM tells US diplomat

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister (CM) Pervez Khattak Tuesday termed the merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) into KP as the most viable...

JI announces long march for FATA, KP merger

ISLAMABAD: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has announced that it will hold a long march on December 10 to demand the merger of Federally-Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with...

Tribal jirgas meet to discuss FATA-KP merger

PESHAWAR: In connection with future executive and political status of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), two separate jirgas were held in Peshawar and Jamrud Khyber...