Tag: Fata
Tribal areas in FATA re-designated as districts, sub-divisions of KP
ISLAMABAD: Tribal agencies and frontier regions in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) have been re-designated as districts and sub-divisions of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), reported by...
Tribal elders denounce KP chief secretary’s orders on tax collection
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief secretary’s latest notification pertained to ending collection of all types of Rahdaarees, import and export taxes and levies by political...
KP govt redesigns FATA governance system after merger
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government on Friday overhauled the present governance system in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) after the 25th Constitutional...
Out of his League: Mushahid Hussain’s PML(Q)-era letter comes back to...
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Mushahid Hussain’s past came back to haunt him as the Supreme Court fixed June 7 (Thursday) for hearing...
Ex-lawmakers demands PHC’s bench, police stations for disputes resolution in FATA
PESHAWAR: Former lawmakers of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Tuesday demanded to set of a special bench of Peshawar High Court (PHC) and...
ANP calls for holding elections in KP, FATA together
PESHAWAR: After Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Jamat-e-Islami (JI), Awami National Party (ANP) has also demanded that polls in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) be held together with...
ECC approves five-year tax exemptions, incentives for erstwhile FATA, PATA
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Thursday approved tax exemptions and incentives for the people of erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Provincially...
President signs constitutional amendment to merge FATA with KP
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain on Thursday signed the 25th constitutional amendment bill seeking the merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
After...
Federal govt repeals colonial-era FCR, notifies interim govt regulation 2018 ...
ISLAMABAD: The federal government notified the FATA Interim Government Regulation, 2018, repealing the colonial-era Frontier Crimes Regulations and declared the tribal agencies as tribal districts, reported a...
COAS congratulates ‘brave tribes’ on FATA’s successful merger
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa congratulated the brave tribes, especially the tribal youth, on the successful and historic merger...
PM inaugurates capacity-building project for FATA youth
Prime Minister, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi inaugurated a project for the capacity building of youth in FATA under Prime Minister’s Youth Programme, in collaboration with...
Over 4,000 FATA students screened for eye diseases
PESHAWAR: Students in the Mohmand Agency areas were screened for eye diseases by a group of professional doctors and provided with treatment.
The Federally Administered...
KP Assembly approves FATA merger bill amid protests
92 votes cast in favour, seven against the bill
Lawmakers demand tax exemptions, special incentives for PATA
At least two policemen injured, dozens...
Zardari to contest 2018 polls from Nawabshah
NAWABSHAH: Former president and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday announced to contest upcoming general elections from Nawabshah.
Talking to media in...
Lawmakers welcome FATA’s merger with Pakhtunkhwa
PESHAWAR: Lawmakers, politicians and civil society from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on Friday welcomed passing of the long-awaited KP-FATA merger bill from the...
Leaders, lawmakers congratulate nation on passage of KP-FATA merger bill
ISLAMABAD: Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan chief Senator Sirajul Haq has welcomed the passage of the FATA Bill by the National Assembly and greeted the people of...
‘#FATAMerger’ spreads like wildfire on Twitter
LAHORE: '#FATAMerger' became a top Twitter trend and this is what the Aam Aawam is saying about it:
Anjum Kiani said, "Probably the first to break the Mubarak...
