FATA Agencies

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FATA Agencies were a group of semi-autonomous tribal administrative units in northwestern Pakistan that existed under a special legal and political framework until their merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative division
tribal administrative unit
administeredBy federal government of Pakistan NERFINISHED
borderRegion Durand Line NERFINISHED
borderWith Afghanistan NERFINISHED
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa NERFINISHED
country Pakistan
dissolutionYear 2018
ethnicMajority Pashtun NERFINISHED
governanceModel indirect rule through tribal elders
governedDirectlyFrom Islamabad NERFINISHED
governedUnder Frontier Crimes Regulation NERFINISHED
hadAgency Bajaur Agency NERFINISHED
Frontier Region Bannu NERFINISHED
Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan NERFINISHED
Frontier Region Kohat NERFINISHED
Frontier Region Peshawar NERFINISHED
Frontier Region Tank NERFINISHED
Khyber Agency NERFINISHED
Kurram Agency NERFINISHED
Mohmand Agency NERFINISHED
North Waziristan Agency NERFINISHED
Orakzai Agency NERFINISHED
South Waziristan Agency NERFINISHED
hadCapitalForAdministration Peshawar NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod 20th century
early 21st century
historicalRegion Tribal Areas NERFINISHED
judicialSystem jirga-based dispute resolution
legalStatus semi-autonomous
locatedIn northwestern Pakistan NERFINISHED
mainLanguages Pashto
mergedInto Khyber Pakhtunkhwa NERFINISHED
mergerApprovedBy Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Assembly NERFINISHED
Parliament of Pakistan NERFINISHED
mergerConstitutionalAmendment Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan NERFINISHED
mergerYear 2018
partOf Federally Administered Tribal Areas NERFINISHED
postMergerStatus integrated into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa districts
predecessor Tribal Areas under British India NERFINISHED
preMergerRepresentation separate seats in National Assembly of Pakistan
separate seats in Senate of Pakistan
securityContext militancy-affected region
securityOperations Pakistan military operations against insurgent groups
shortName FATA NERFINISHED
specialConstitutionalStatus Article 246 of the Constitution of Pakistan NERFINISHED
Article 247 of the Constitution of Pakistan NERFINISHED
underPoliticalAgentSystem true

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Mohmand Agency partOf FATA Agencies