ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain on Thursday signed the 25thconstitutional amendment bill seeking to merge Federally AdministeredTribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
After signing the bill, the president congratulated the people of FATA andKP.
The 25 amendment bill was passed by the National Assembly, the Senate andKP Assembly before being sent to the president for formal approval.link>link>
The president is yet to sign the Constitution (Thiry-First) Amendment Bill,2018 which will dissolve Article 247 of the Constitution.
As per Article 247, the executive authority of the federation shall extendto FATA and PATA ( Provincially Administered Tribal Areas).
As soon as the president signs Constitution (Thiry-First) Amendment Bill,2018, the control of FATA Interim Governance Regulation, 2018 would behanded over to the KP government.
Earlier this week, President Mamnoon signed the new set of rules for theregion – FATA Interim Governance Regulation, 2018.
The ‘FATA Interim Governance Regulation, 2018’ is a set of interim rulesthat apply to the FATA until it merges with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa “within atimeframe of two years”.