Abstract
This paper explores the developments in FATA in the aftermath of
9/11 and analyzes factors which paved the way for FATA to become one
of the most violent places in the world since 2001. During the “Great
Game” the borders of the British India reached the Durand Line while
those of the Tsarist Empire extended to Amu River. The Durand Line
Border Agreement concluded on November 12th
, 1893, between the
British India and Afghanistan fixing the boundary line from Wakhan in
the north to the Iranian border in the south, which has been inherited by
Pakistan, the Successor State of British India. The Federally
Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan are located in the east of
the Durand Line and comprise of seven Agencies and six FRs (Frontier
Regions). The FATA has passed through many ups and down in its
checkered history. Political, economic, social and judicial developments
in FATA were slow compared to other parts of the Pakistan. Political
Agent held enormous powers, Maliki system produced a privileged class,
literacy rate remained low, health facilities were poor, infrastructure
remained fractured and industrialization developed with snail`s pace.
Rampant corruption, pervasive poverty and violence kept the people
backward and law and order was kept intact through FCR (Frontier
Crimes Regulation). In 1996 Pakistan decided to introduce adult
Prof. Dr. Zahid Anwar. (2016) POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION IN FATA, PAKISTAN, Pakistan , Volume 52, Issue 1.
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