Rafi-ud-din Mehsud

Since the day Pakistan was founded, the Federally Administrative Tribal Areas (FATA) have always remained under discussion. Unfortunately the people off FATA haven’t been given their due rights by any of Pakistan’s governments. The most interesting things is that there is a perception in the country, particularly in Punjab that the people of FATA have […]

Federally Administrative Tribal Areas (FATA) has been ruled by the British implemented law, the Frontier Crime Regulation (FCR) act for the last one century. The FCR was enacted in some parts of the then Northwest Frontier Province (now Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa), Balochistan, and FATA by the British Raj in 1901 for their own protection. In 1947, when […]

Bacha Khan whose real name was Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was a Pashtun nationalist leader, who was born in the Utmanzai village of Charsadda, North-West Frontier Province, the present day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in 1890. His father Behram Khan was a well-to-do landowner of his village. Bacha Khan was sent to the local mosque where he […]

According to the South African activist and former president Nelson Mandela, “Education is the most powerful weapon that you can use to change the world.” We are fighting the war against terror along with America after the tragedy of 9/11. In this regard our military conducted many operations against local and foreign militants in the […]

FATA is the land of mountains, hard rocks and hard people. It exist on the map of Pakistan, and is mentioned in the Article 1, Section 2 of the 1973 constitution of Pakistan. However, it seems as if it has no existence in reality. Although it is “famous” as a “No-Man’s Land” and a “safe […]

We are fighting the war against terror along with US after the tragedy of 9/11; in this regard our army has conducted many operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administrative Tribal Areas (FATA). The most prominent operations were the one in Swat, Rah-e-Nijat of South Waziristan, Zarb-e-Azb of North Waziristan, and Khyber I and II […]

Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) which share a long border with Afghanistan –originally consisted of five agencies: South Waziristan, North Waziristan, Kurram, Khyber and Malakand; and six frontier regions (FR), which are connected with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. However, in 1970 Malakand was made a division, and Bajaur, Mohmand and Orakzai agencies were added to the FATA […]

According to the articles one and two of the Constitution of 1973, Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA) is a part of Pakistan. However, according to the articles 51, 59 and 247 FATA comes under the direct executive of the president. The Frontier Crimes Regulations (FCR) were enacted in some parts of the then Northwest Frontier […]