On Thursday, Pakistani President signed a bill to merge the country's (  ) with the neighbouring province of (KP). The "Federally Administered Tribal Areas Reforms Bill, 2018", seeking to end the  rules which are applicable to the five million people living in  , was approved by the federal lower house, the , on May 24, the upper house — the — on May 25 and the KP Provincial Assembly on May 27. The bill was presented to the president by Senate Chairman on Tuesday for the president's assent. President Hussain's approval for the 25th Constitutional Amendment will remove mention of "FATA" from the Constitution. Since Pakistani independence from British rule in 1947, the Pakistani President had been appointing "Political Agents" to govern  , who exercised  autonomous control over the areas. These agents were 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  , the tribal areas were outside the jurisdiction of the Pakistani courts. Instead, the (  ) was the applicable law of  . Per this regulation, dating back to the colonial era, collective punishment of a tribe was possible, and  citizens did not enjoy all the rights under the Constitution of Pakistan that other Pakistanis were entitled to. Related news Sour
On Thursday, Pakistani President signed a bill to merge the country's ( FATA ) with the neighbouring province of (KP). The "Federally Administered Tribal Areas Reforms Bill, 2018", seeking 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 May 24, the upper house — the — on May 25 and the KP Provincial Assembly on May 27. The bill was presented to the president by Senate Chairman on Tuesday for the president's assent. President Hussain's approval for the 25th Constitutional Amendment will remove mention of "FATA" from the Constitution. Since Pakistani independence from British rule in 1947, the Pakistani President had been appointing "Political Agents" to govern FATA , who exercised near-complete autonomous control over the areas. These agents were 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 ) was the applicable law of FATA . Per this regulation, dating back to the colonial era, collective punishment of a tribe was possible, and FATA citizens did not enjoy all the rights under the Constitution of Pakistan that other Pakistanis were entitled to. Related news 
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