News Pakistan » FATA: The FATA Conflict After South Waziristan
The Pakistani military launched its much-anticipated operation against the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the Mehsud tribal areas of South Waziristan agency on October 17, 2009. The initial phase ...
News Pakistan » FATA: Pakistan vs the TTP: Bajaur’s Déjà Vu
There is no denying that Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other extremist outfits remain among the gravest threats to Pakistan’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political stability.
News Pakistan » FATA: Pakistani Tribesmen Call For Legal, Constitutional Reforms
Hundreds of people from Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) have rallied in the capital, Islamabad, calling on the federal government to implement legal and constitutional reforms in ...
News Pakistan » FATA: Pakistan votes to bring tribal areas into political fold
Pakistan passed legislation Thursday paving the way for its restive tribal areas to enter the mainstream political fold, bringing an ending to a colonial-era arrangement that endorsed collective ...
News Pakistan » FATA: Pakistan: A Case For Administrative Reorganization – OpEd
A woman in Dera Bugti spends hours waiting for a doctor in Quetta which is several hundred kilometers away. Another one in Muzaffargarh leaves education due ...
News Pakistan » FATA: Kundi vows to raise former FATA, PATA business concernsPublished on: February 6, 2026 3:12 AM
Pakistan, Feb. 6 -- Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Faisal Karim Kundi on Thursday held a meeting with the delegation comprising former FATA and PATA chambers' presidents and representatives of the ...
News Pakistan » FATA: Pakistan Bombing Highlights Need for Persistence
Today, two suicide bombers struck a government office in Mohmand, one of the northernmost districts in Pakistan’s Federally-Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), lying approximately 100 miles west of ...
News Pakistan » FATA: Pakistani Militants and the State: Friends, Foes, and Frenemies
Editor’s Note: This is adapted from the author’s recent article in the Journal of Strategic Studies, “Beyond the Double Game: Lessons from Pakistan’s Approach to Islamist Militancy.” There are four ...
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