FATA reforms

Passes a constitutional amendment with a two-thirds majority; PkMAP, JUI-F stage walkout

Top civil and military brass puts its weight behind Fata merger

Bill includes the merger of the tribal areas with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa within two years

Postponement of Fata reforms has nothing to do with rights of people; everything to do with vested interests

Meeting aimed to take JUI-F, PkMAP into confidence before presenting bill in NA

He will no more be seen as a leader but a “bean spiller”

It fills the gap of paltry sum provided by federal govt to meet expenses of FATA agencies

FATA Secretariat letting half of annual development programme lapse

Powerful players favour an in-house change

Accuses PML-N govt of using delaying tactics over FATA, K-P merger

Bill to be tabled in NA despite opposition by Fazl, Achakzai

Govt expected to table Fata reforms bill in NA likely to be convened on January 8

In video message, Nobel laureate says residents of tribal areas have been kept deprived of their rights for decades

Govt continues consultations over the reforms issue

Speaker Ayaz Sadiq hopes issue regarding withdrawal of bill will be resolved

JUI-F chief says further consultations on reforms bill to continue

Only Balochistan ready to make allocation for tribal areas

Says will hold a sit-in after the march in front of the PM House

Says government is confused about reforms

Meeting directs law minister to get bill passed through parliament; decides to merge FATA during current tenure

Federally Administered Tribal Areas are still governed by the century-old legal code

Calls upon federal government to amend Constitution for social, economic development of FATA

PML-N Provincial President Ameer Muqam says reforms were the former premier’s top agenda

Minister tells NA PM to give policy statement on reforms package on return from US

NA session adjourned for the fourth consecutive day over lack of quorum

Fails to evolve consensus on Riwaj Bill 2017 which is rejected by most members of NA panel

PPP senator says some political parties fear erosion of their power base in case of Fata’s merger

PM meets politicians, senators; discusses whole range of issues

They made the appeal to the government while addressing a press conference at Bannu Press Club

Says there are more pressing issues than the Panamagate case

Says journey to development can only be ensured through practical steps, not through slogans

Lawmaker urges president to use his executive authority and change articles 246 and 247 through a presidential order

Govt is dithering in implementing reforms due to political expediency

Claim support of major opposition parties with presence in parliament

Party's Fata chief Abdul Shakoor says referendum only solution to the problem

Addresses huge public gathering in Karachi

JUI-F to constitute five-member committee to look into alliance matters, seat adjustments with other political parties

PM directs party legislators to hold off on 30th Amendment, Rewaj bills following phone call with JUI-F chief

Senator Babar of PPP proposes six points for loosening bureaucratic grip

Says those elders who have been living in Pakistan for more than three decades may be granted citizenship

Is it possible to reform Fata?

Fears Rs1,000b 10 yearly funds may be misused

Unemployment in the region is quite high, trailing far behind the national average

QWP chief also urged for greater unity amongst Pakhtuns

Implementation committee will hold its first meeting in Peshawar

All former parliamentarians at the gathering demanded reforms in the election process in Fata’s agencie

Amnesty International has described the Frontier Crimes Regulation, 1901 (FCR), as being deeply flawed

Party leaders allege reforms were formulated by foreign NGOs

The demand for abolishing the FCR, a legacy of the colonial era, was widespread and virtually unanimous

Tribal elders railed against the federal government on Sunday for approving the FATA's merger with K-P