On Sunday, the assembly of Pakistan's north-west province  (KP) passed a bill to merge the  (FATA) with the province. The bill was passed with 92–7 votes, achieving more than the mandatory two-thirds majority. Location of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (May 30, 2018). (CC BY-SA 3.0) The "Federally Administered Tribal Areas Reforms Bill, 2018", which seeks to end the colonial-era rules which are applicable to the five million people living in FATA, was approved by the federal lower house, the , on Thursday, and by the upper house — the — on Friday. In the Provincial Assembly, , who serves as Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, tabled the bill. Out of 124 total votes, the bill required at least 83 votes for a two-thirds majority. Only seven members of the opposition (JUI-F) voted against the bill. Since Pakistani independence from British rule in 1947, the Pakistani President has appointed "Political Agents" to govern FATA, who exercise near-complete autonomous control over the areas. These agents are responsible for providing government and judicial services under Article 247 of the Pakistani Constitution. Before January 12, when a bill extended the writ of both the  and to FATA, the tribal areas were outside the jurisdiction of the Pakistani courts. Instead, the (FCR) were the applicable law of FATA. Per the regulations dating back to the colonial era, collective punishment of a tribe could be declared and FATA citizens do not enjoy all the rights under the Constitution of Pakistan that other Pakistanis are entitled to. Chief Minister Khattak said he "wondered why PkhMAP [] chairman Mahmood Khan Achakzai, whose party is just limited to certain districts of  , is opposing the merger of FATA into KP". The provincial assembly voted for the bill before the assembly was scheduled to dissolve on May 29 at 12 AM, local time, with the administration reaching completion of its five-year term.
On Sunday, the assembly of Pakistan's north-west province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) passed a bill to merge the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with the province. The bill was passed with 92–7 votes, achieving more than the mandatory two-thirds majority. Location of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (May 30, 2018). (CC BY-SA 3.0) The "Federally Administered Tribal Areas Reforms Bill, 2018", which seeks to end the colonial-era rules which are applicable to the five million people living in FATA, was approved by the federal lower house, the , on Thursday, and by the upper house — the — on Friday. In the Provincial Assembly, , who serves as Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, tabled the bill. Out of 124 total votes, the bill required at least 83 votes for a two-thirds majority. Only seven members of the opposition (JUI-F) voted against the bill. Since Pakistani independence from British rule in 1947, the Pakistani President has appointed "Political Agents" to govern FATA, who exercise near-complete autonomous control over the areas. These agents are responsible for providing government and judicial services under Article 247 of the Pakistani Constitution. Before January 12, when a bill extended the writ of both the Pakistani Supreme Court and to FATA, the tribal areas were outside the jurisdiction of the Pakistani courts. Instead, the (FCR) were the applicable law of FATA. Per the regulations dating back to the colonial era, collective punishment of a tribe could be declared and FATA citizens do not enjoy all the rights under the Constitution of Pakistan that other Pakistanis are entitled to. Chief Minister Khattak said he "wondered why PkhMAP [] chairman Mahmood Khan Achakzai, whose party is just limited to certain districts of Balochistan , is opposing the merger of FATA into KP". The provincial assembly voted for the bill before the assembly was scheduled to dissolve on May 29 at 12 AM, local time, with the administration reaching completion of its five-year term.
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Federally Administered Tribal Areas
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Pakistani Supreme Court
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Balochistan