Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)

In Pakistani tribal belt, colonial-era laws still in practice despite merger into legal mainstream

The razing of three houses as punishment in recent land disputes has raised fresh questions about the state’s writ in the volatile tribal region bordering Afghanistan
In May 2018, Pakistani merged the tribal borderlands once known as the Federally Administered Tribal Areas into the country’s political and legal mainstream

By Rehmat Mehsud · 15 January 2021