ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain has signed the 25th constitutional amendment bill authenticating the merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The bill has already been passed by the National Assembly and the Senate with a two-thirds majority. The president congratulated the people of FATA and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa following the merger. However, the Constitution (Thiry-First) […]
FATA-KP merger
President signs into law FATA-KP merger bill
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain on Monday signed the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Interim Governance Regulation 2018. The regulation is a set of interim rules for FATA until it merges with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). The merger is expected to be completed within a framework of two years. Earlier on Sunday a bill on KP-FATA merger […]
KP assembly approves FATA merger
PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) assembly on Sunday approved the FATA-KP merger bill with a two-third majority, a prerequisite required for the proposed merger. A KP assembly session headed by speaker Asad Qaiser approved the constitutional amendment seeking FATA to merge with the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. 92 lawmakers voted in favour of the merger, while 7 voted […]
Pakistan rejects Afghan take on FATA-KP merger
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Muhammad Faisal on Sunday said that Pakistan rejects a statement issued by the official Afghan press agency on the merger of the tribal areas with KP. The 31st Constitutional Amendment Bill for the merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber-Pukhtunkhwa (KP) province was on Friday passed by the […]
JUI to protest against FATA-KP merger
PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam (JUI) on Friday announced that it will stage a protest against Senate’s decision to pass the bill that paves way for FATA-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa merger. A day after the National Assembly passed the historic 31st Amendment Bill on Thursday, paving way for FATA-KP merger, the Senate on Friday endorsed the bill and passed […]
FATA-KP merger a big step towards alleviating reservations: Imran
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday said that the FATA-KP merger was a ‘big step’ towards alleviating reservations of tribal people. Imran was addressing a National Assembly session which passed the bill for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas merger. The PTI chief congratulated the parliamentarians for passing the […]
Merge FATA with KP as soon as possible: Malala
LAHORE: Malala Yousafzai demanded on Tuesday that the government of Pakistan take immediate steps to merge Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) as soon as possible. The Nobel laureate said that the people of FATA were entitled to the basic human rights that people in other parts of the country enjoy. They […]