تلخیص
The passage of 25thamendment to the Constitution of Pakistan guaranteed
doing away of articles 246 and 247 in the Constitution which had restricted
the application of parliamentary and provincial laws of the land to the tribal
areas. The rule of law principle thus extends fully to the areas that stand
merged with the KP province. The colonial past has been left behind by
replacing the system of FCR with the fundamental rights enshrined in the
Constitution. Amidst all hopes new challenges of governance are also likely
to develop. In the context, this paper highlights the governance challenges in
mainstreaming of Federally Administered Tribal Areas into Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa with a special focus on Challenges of Law enforcement,
jurisdiction and land revenue. This study is conducted by using historical and
analytical approaches with descriptive and explanatory mode of research.
Both primary and secondary data is utilized in order to investigate the
research problem. Weak states with significant problems of governance
(authority), capacity and legitimacy often face persistent challenges in
controlling their territories, leading to the emergence of ungoverned areas
within their geographical boundaries. Authority, capacity and legitimacy are
interdependent and hence their balance is essential for state-building. An
imbalance in them weakens instead of strengthening a state. Accordingly,
the government should extend jurisdiction, ensure law enforcement and
generation of revenue in FATA in order to accomplish the goal of statebuilding and strengthening governance