#future status

Altaf Hussain demands separate FATA province

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Monday said Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) should be made a separate province.

The MQM chief demanded the state of ensuring fundamental rights to the people of Fata on priority basis.

Earlier on Sunday, Hussain was addressing a meeting of Punjabi and Seraiki workers of his party at the Lal Qila ground and said that…

JUI-F jirga wants peace before reforms in FATA

PESHAWAR: A tribal jirga here on Wednesday asked the government to restore peace in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) before introducing reforms in the tribal system.

The participants of the jirga threatened that they would not accept any kind of reforms in Fata if peace was not restored there. The jirga was convened by Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl at its provincial secretariat with Maulana…

Merge FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Muhammad Anwar Nigar)

A common question among media persons, civil society organization, policy makers and other stakeholders: What should be the future status of FATA?

Some people think FATA should be by itself as a separate province, some portion of the public demands a FATA council, just as Gilgit-Baltistan has, and a larger segment of tribal people think and demand that they should merge and become part of Khyber…

Poll on FATA Reforms and Future Status

Political and government leaders often ask what the people of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in Pakistan really want. What change? What status? What future system? This poll is an informal attempt at answering some of those questions.

Many tribal groups have expressed their desire for change. Based on consultations with party leaders and FATA people, 10 mainstream political parties

Amir Muqam says PML-N wants to extend Pakistan laws to FATA

Amir Muqam said that local government system should also be extended to the tribal areas. He, however, added that PML-N government since coming to power remained busy to settle issues like terrorism and energy crises and could not much time to FATA.

PESHAWAR: Advisor to Prime Minister and Coordinator for FATA Engr Amir Muqam said on Monday the PML-N wanted to end discrimination with tribesmen and…

Time has come to give FATA people political rights, including new constitutional status and right to legislate and access Pakistan judicial system.

PESHAWAR: Central leader of ANP Afrasaib Khattak has said that his party would continue to support democratic and constitutional system in the country, saying it believed that the government would settle the present unrest with the opponents through…