Ajmal Wazir discusses FATA Committee reforms on PTV News (video)
Video link: http://dai.ly/x21hvdf In a program on PTV News, “Mukalma’ with host Israr Ahmad Kasana, Ajmal Wazir explained the efforts of Political Parties Joint Committee for the reforms process in...
View ArticleConsultants wanted to assist new FATA Reforms Commission
The job postings below were published online on June 3, 2014 seeking a researcher and a development consultant to assist the work of the new FATA Reforms Commission, established by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa […]
View ArticleTen parties efforts for reforms in FATA (audio)
Now these Ten Parties have come up with an eleven point reform package for FATA which contains almost all the basic problems of FATA. According to Sahibzada Haroon Rasheed, FATA is run […]
View ArticleFCR anti-Islamic says Shariat Court: Justice Mian Ajmal (video)
Program Hum Bhi Pakistan aired on Express TV hosted by Imtiaz Gul and Feryal Gohar addresses the issues of FATA Reforms, Past and Future. Video link: http://dai.ly/x1zrlg8 A news report in the...
View ArticleFATA focused TV shows go on air tonight (video)
ISLAMABAD: A series of ten landmark TV shows “Hum Bhi Pakistan” on the status of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) – Past, Present, and Future – produced by the Center for Research […]
View ArticleHum Bhi Pakistan FATA television talk show (video)
Video and information on episodes of new TV talk show about FATA, Pakistan’s tribal areas, broadcast on Express TV in June and July 2014. The Hum Bhi Pakistan program series later continued on […]
View ArticleMajor parties approve recommendations for FATA reforms
ISLAMABAD: Representatives of all the major political parties on Wednesday unanimously approved recommendations for reforms in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with the aim to bring the...
View ArticleDe-marginalisation: A Way to Peace Building in FATA (Rubab Zahra)
The author focuses on actors of social, economic and political marginalization of the FATA population, intending to ”shed light on the existing political administration, the evolving human rights...
View ArticleJournalists at Work in FATA: Overview of Consequences (Attaullah Khan)
This research article presents the difficulties and risks journalists in FATA undertake to report professionally from the area. “Only one case [of attacks on FATA journalists] has been brought to...
View ArticleYouth Activism for Peace Building in FATA
Report of a guest lecture at the FATA Research Centre with Mehreen Afridi, co-founder of the FATA Youth Forum. “The opposite of love is not hate, it is indifference. The opposite of […]
View ArticleExperts and citizens for abolishing FCR in FATA
Former ambassador Ayaz Wazir urged the need for political, legal and administrative reforms by abolishing the colonial-era law. ISLAMABAD: Peace will continue to elude the Federally Administrated...
View ArticleExpress TV talk show about FATA reforms (video)
Video and information on episodes of new TV talk show about FATA, Pakistan’s tribal areas, broadcast on Express TV in June and July 2014. The Hum Bhi Pakistan program series later continued on […]
View ArticleFATA committee wants free movement for IDPs
Under the Constitution, the people of Fata have the right to move freely within the country. ISLAMABAD: Representatives of almost all mainstream political parties have urged the federal government to...
View ArticleFATA body urges equal rights for IDPs
Ten mainstream political parties of the country have called for constitutional reforms for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) including North Waziristan to protect the fundamental rights of...
View ArticleFATA committee urges equal rights for IDPs
ISLAMABAD: Ten mainstream political parties of the country have called for constitutional reforms for Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), including North Waziristan, to protect the fundamental...
View ArticleBajaur leaders call for fundamental rights in FATA
KHAR: Participants at a function in Inayat Kallay Bajaur Agency here on Tuesday urged the federal government to extend, on urgent basis, all fundamental civil rights to the people of federally...
View ArticleFATA lawyers blast govt for challenging High Court verdict
PESHAWAR: The Fata Lawyers Forum (FLF) has vowed to resist the move of the federal government against the extension of superior courts’ jurisdiction to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata)....
View ArticleFATA system in focus after Senate bill tabled
Senator Farhatullah Babar of Pakistan Peoples Party moved a private member’s bill in Senate on Aug 11, seeking amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan for extending jurisdiction of superior courts to...
View ArticleJUI-F leader advocates amendments to Constitution for FATA
LANDIKOTAL: A Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) leader has said that amendments to the Constitution is inevitable for restoration of peace and development of tribal areas. Talking to reporter here on...
View ArticleFATA Governance Reforms: CGPA Policy Brief
A Center for Governance & Public Accountability (CGPA) policy brief for Pakistan lawmakers to inform debate on legal and political reform for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). FATA...
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