FATA Agencies

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FATA Agencies were a group of semi-autonomous tribal administrative units in northwestern Pakistan that existed under a special legal and political framework until their merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

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instanceOf former administrative division
tribal administrative unit
administeredBy federal government of Pakistan
borderRegion Durand Line
borderWith Afghanistan
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
country Pakistan
dissolutionYear 2018
ethnicMajority Pashtun
linked to: Pashtuns
governanceModel indirect rule through tribal elders
governedDirectlyFrom Islamabad
governedUnder Frontier Crimes Regulation
hadAgency Bajaur Agency
Frontier Region Bannu
Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan
Frontier Region Kohat
Frontier Region Peshawar
Frontier Region Tank
Khyber Agency
linked to: Khyber District

Kurram Agency
Mohmand Agency
North Waziristan Agency
Orakzai Agency
South Waziristan Agency
hadCapitalForAdministration Peshawar
historicalPeriod 20th century
early 21st century
historicalRegion Tribal Areas
judicialSystem jirga-based dispute resolution
legalStatus semi-autonomous
locatedIn northwestern Pakistan
mainLanguages Pashto
mergedInto Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
mergerApprovedBy Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Assembly
Parliament of Pakistan
mergerConstitutionalAmendment Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan
mergerYear 2018
partOf Federally Administered Tribal Areas
postMergerStatus integrated into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa districts
predecessor Tribal Areas under British India
preMergerRepresentation separate seats in National Assembly of Pakistan
separate seats in Senate of Pakistan
securityContext militancy-affected region
securityOperations Pakistan military operations against insurgent groups
shortName FATA
specialConstitutionalStatus Article 246 of the Constitution of Pakistan
Article 247 of the Constitution of Pakistan
underPoliticalAgentSystem true

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Mohmand Agency partOf FATA Agencies