Abstract
Khyber Agency is one of the seven Federally Administered Tribal Areas, which is administered by the federation of Pakistan since 1947. The rugged mountains and lush green vales of this territory is a home to two big Pakhtun Tribes the “Afridis” and the “Shinwaris”. Khyber witnessed the arrival of the Aryans, Iranians, Greeks, Kushans,White Huns, to the plains of subcontinent and to the terrains of Afghanistan. It was this path which gave passage to the caravans of the Ghaznavide, Ghoraide and later on the Mughals. Khyber Agency is named after the famous Khyber Pass, the most important link between South Asia and Afghanistan. Khyber Agency is the oldest tribal agency, created in 1879 with PLN Cavagnari as the first Political Officer in a de Jure sense, but factually in 1901, with the establishment of the North West Frontier Province, the post of Political Officer changed into Political Agent with Major G. Kepper as the first Political Agent. Like rest of the FATA regulations Khyber Agency is governed under Frontier Crimes Regulations (FCR), which were introduced by British Viceroy Lord Curzon in 1901. Political Agent plays vital role in the Agency. All the administrative activities remain under the executive control of the President of Pakistan and the Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the representative of the President for these areas.
Naheed Hussain. (2013) KHYBER AGENCY: AN APPRAISAL , Pakistan , Volume 49, Issue 1.
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