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Pak's NA votes to merge FATA with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa

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Press Trust of India Islamabad

In a historic move, Pakistan's National Assembly today overwhelmingly passed a key Constitutional amendment to merge restive tribal region along the Afghan border with the northwestern province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, bringing an end to 150-year-old British-era arrangement.

After months of delays following disagreements between coalition partners and the opposition over its clauses, Law Minister Mahmood Bashir Virk today tabled the 31st Amendment Bill 2017 to merge Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

 

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First Published: May 24 2018 | 8:35 PM IST

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