For seventy years, Pakistani citizens in the northwest region of FATA have not enjoyed the same rights as everyone else in the country. All that is set to change.

Pakistan is faced with a very tricky problem concerning its tribal areas bordering Afghanistan. The existing system of governance in its Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) has proved to be ...

KHYBER/DERA ISMAIL KHAN/BANNU, Pakistan -- The first-ever election for representing Pakistan’s former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has ...

Islamabad is set to initiate new legislation that would merge the country’s restive northwestern Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) into the adjacent province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Pakistani ...

It's a place where a toddler can be thrown in jail for crimes committed by a tribe member; where people can spend years behind bars without ever being charged; and where the authorities can oust ...

Where Does Bangladesh’s Once Dominant Awami League Stand Today? A woman fleeing from the military offensive against Pakistani militants in North Waziristan sits in front of a food handout distribution ...

Asian Survey, Vol. 58, No. 6, Special Issue: The Politics of Development in Afghanistan (NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2018), pp. 1136-1159 (24 pages) In 2016, Pakistan introduced a five-year plan to repeal the ...

PESHAWAR: Describing the proposed KP-FATA merger as a revolutionary step, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Wednesday said that it would not only benefit the people of FATA but would also ...

Pakistan passed legislation on Thursday paving the way for its restive tribal areas, long a focal point in the global war on terror, to enter the political mainstream, ending a colonial-era ...

Famously described by Barack Obama as “the most dangerous place in the world,” Pakistan’s lawless tribal region is long thought to have been a safe haven for militants including the Taliban and Al ...