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Pakistani President Signs Law Merging Tribal Areas With Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

1st June, 2018 · admin 5 Comments

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
May 31, 2018

Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain has signed legislation that merges the country’s tribal regions with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province and therefore grants some 5 million people in the regions the same rights as other Pakistanis.

Hussain signed the law in Islamabad on May 31.

The bill had previously been passed by the lower and upper houses of parliament as well as the assembly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with the necessary two-thirds majority.

The legislation rids the northwestern tribal areas of what were seen as discriminatory laws under which those regions have been governed since the colonial rule of Britain.

Pakistan was granted independence from London in 1947.

The Federaly Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) include seven territorial agencies: Bajaur, Mohmand, Khyber, Orakzai, Kurram, North Waziristan, and South Waziristan. They are mainly rugged, mountainous areas along the border with Afghanistan.

Pakistan’s government, led by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, formally steps down on May 31, the end of its five-year term.

Parliamentary elections will be held on July 25 and a new government formed afterwards.

Based on reporting by AP and Thenews.com.pk

Copyright (c) 2018. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave NW, Ste 400, Washington DC 20036.
Posted in Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Durand Line, Pashtunistan, Pashtuns |
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5 thoughts on “Pakistani President Signs Law Merging Tribal Areas With Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”

  1. Baghlani says:
    June 1, 2018 at 2:46 pm

    So; what would you
    expect from the enslaved
    Pakistani politicians
    and
    crazy drunk
    leaders !

  2. Baghlani says:
    June 1, 2018 at 2:47 pm

    Their a bunch.
    ***
    **
    *
    DERSNGED
    AND
    COWARD.

  3. Baghlani says:
    June 1, 2018 at 2:49 pm

    JUST PRAY
    FOR
    THE
    .
    SOUL
    AND
    BODY
    .
    OF
    BROKEN
    PAKISTAN !

  4. Baghlani says:
    June 1, 2018 at 6:46 pm

    MOSTLY
    *GREAT PEOPLE
    IN
    PAKISTAN; NO DOUBT- BUT; BADLY MISMANAGED
    AND
    DISCIPLINED, DUE
    TO FOREIGN
    SUBJUGATION
    PROGRAMS AND
    LACK
    OF
    BADLY-NEEDED
    UNITY..

  5. Baghlani says:
    June 1, 2018 at 6:53 pm

    REGIONAL ECONOMIC
    COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
    IS THE KEY
    TO
    RESPECT
    FOR ALL.

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