Frontier Regions

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Frontier Regions were a group of small administrative areas in Pakistan that lay between the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and neighboring settled districts, serving as buffer zones with distinct tribal governance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative division of Pakistan
abolishedBy Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan
surface form: 25th Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan
abolishedIn 2018
adjacentTo Bannu Division
surface form: Bannu District

Dera Ismail Khan
surface form: Dera Ismail Khan District

Kohat District
Lakki Marwat District
Peshawar District
Tank District
administrativeHierarchy subordinate to the federal Ministry of States and Frontier Regions
administrativeLanguage English
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
administrativeReform integrated into regular district structure after 2018
administrativeStatus separate from both FATA agencies and settled districts
borderedBy Afghanistan
Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical region)
surface form: Federally Administered Tribal Areas

settled districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
constitutionalStatusBefore2018 semi-autonomous tribal area
country Pakistan
economicCharacteristic largely rural
underdeveloped infrastructure
ethnicGroup Pashtuns
governanceType tribal governance
governedBy Assistant Political Agent
Political Agent
historicalContext originated under British colonial frontier administration
includedSubdivision Frontier Region Bannu
Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan
Frontier Region Kohat
Frontier Region Lakki Marwat
Frontier Region Peshawar
Frontier Region Tank
lawEnforcement Khasadar force
Levies force
legalSystem Frontier Crimes Regulations
surface form: Frontier Crimes Regulation

customary tribal law
locatedIn northwestern Pakistan
mainLanguage Pashto language
surface form: Pashto
partOf Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
surface form: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region
populationCharacteristic predominantly Pashtun tribes
role buffer zone between FATA and settled districts
securityAdministration Frontier Corps
Government of Pakistan
surface form: federal government of Pakistan
securityIssues affected by militancy and counterinsurgency operations
securityRole buffer against cross-border militancy
successorAdministrativeUnit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
surface form: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
timePeriod existed before the 2018 merger of FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical region) composedOf Frontier Regions
subject surface form: Federally Administered Tribal Areas