Federally Administered Tribal Areas
The Federally Administered Tribal Areas, commonly known as FATA, was a semi-autonomous tribal region in north-western Pakistan that existed from 1947 until being merged with the neighbouring province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2018 through the Twenty-fifth amendment to the constitution of Pakistan. It consisted of seven tribal agencies (districts) and six frontier regions, and were directly governed by the federal government through a special set of laws called the Frontier Crimes Regulations.
| Federally Administered Tribal Areas وفاق کے زیر انتظام قبائلی علاقہ جات فدرالي قبايلي سيمې | |||||||||
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| Semi-autonomous territory of Pakistan | |||||||||
| 1947–2018 | |||||||||
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Former Location of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas | |||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 2017 | 27,220 km2 (10,510 sq mi) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| 14 August 1947 | |||||||||
| 31 May 2018 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | ||||||||
On 24 May 2018, the National Assembly of Pakistan voted in favour of an amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan for the FATA-KP merger which was approved by the Senate the following day. Since the change was to affect the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, it was presented for approval in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on 27 May 2018, and passed with majority vote. On 28 May 2018, the President of Pakistan signed the FATA Interim Governance Regulation, a set of interim rules for FATA until it merges with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa within a timeframe of two years. The 25th Amendment received assent from President Mamnoon Hussain on 31 May 2018, after which FATA was officially merged with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.