A
small tract of land in a larger union, FATA or the Federally
Administered Tribal Areas stand at a junction between Pakistan's Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan to the east and south, and borders
Afghanistan's Kunar province to the west and north. While the territory
is almost exclusively inhabited by Pashtuns, it is also exclusively
administered under a special set of draconian laws called the Frontiers
Crimes Regulations (FCR). Enacted under the British raj, the FCR was
used to prosecute crimes in British India and has its origin in the
Murderous Outrages regulation, once used to counter Pahstun opposition
to British rule.Wednesday 15 February 2017
FATA: Mainstreaming the Merger
A
small tract of land in a larger union, FATA or the Federally
Administered Tribal Areas stand at a junction between Pakistan's Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan to the east and south, and borders
Afghanistan's Kunar province to the west and north. While the territory
is almost exclusively inhabited by Pashtuns, it is also exclusively
administered under a special set of draconian laws called the Frontiers
Crimes Regulations (FCR). Enacted under the British raj, the FCR was
used to prosecute crimes in British India and has its origin in the
Murderous Outrages regulation, once used to counter Pahstun opposition
to British rule.
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