Merger of tribal areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

On 31 May 2018, with the application of 25th Amendment, Federally Administrated Tribal Areas ceased to exist, and stood merged into neighbouring province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

They were also stripped of financial powers to impose Rahdaris, import and export tax and any kind of levies.

Over 2.8 million residents of tribal areas were made eligible for the first time to elect representatives on provincial level.

A writ petition was filed by Ali Azeem Afridi in the Peshawar High Court to challenge the FATA Interim Regulations, 2018.

After the judgement, all laws in force in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa also apply to the Newly Merged Tribal Districts because separate entity as FATA no longer exists.

[12] The main tribes of the Pashtuns living in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas are Wazir, Afridi, Mohmand, Tarkani, Mahsud, Dawar, Bettani, Sherani, Turi, Orakzai, Bangash, Shinwari, and Safi and utmanzi.. Over 99.6% of the population is Muslim belonging to the Sunni Hanafi Fiqh.