Abstract
The current disturbance in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) has uncovered many flaws in the policies and administrative systems being followed in FATA. It has a complex administrative set up which makes it distinct from the rest of the country. Justice is distributed through Frontier Crimes Regulations (FCR) promulgated by the British in 1901. The British administration introduced this regulation for their multifaceted interests. After the British withdrawal, the Pakistani state continued with the same system and it even continues today. The successive governments have avoided meaningful political and administrative reforms to integrate FATA into the mainstream Pakistan. Some half-hearted attempts were made during the previous PPP government to amend FCR and to extend Political Parties Act to FATA but they could not be implemented because of lack of constitutional amendments regarding FATA. The current government (PML-N) has also expressed its desire to introduce more reforms in the tribal areas. There are different views regarding mainstreaming of FATA and the future status of FCR. It is imperative to know the tribal people views and reactions towards the reform process and the future of FCR and this is going to be an integral part of this paper.
Fozia Saeed, Saeed Khan. (2016) Reform Process in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and the Future of Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR): A Local Perspective, Journal of the Punjab University Historical Society, Volume 29, Issue 2.
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