Abstract
FATA, both historically and traditionally had a unique administrative and
political status from the British times since 1849. It has been and continues
to be both, an enigma and a dilemma. Today, FATA is regarded as the
centre of international terrorist activities providing safe haven to different
international terrorist groups. FATA is not an ungovernable territory. But
the state has elected to govern it through local proxies and draconian
colonial-era administrative structures and laws. Failure to come up with a
clear vision for integrated development in FATA, as a sustainable solution
to all that troubles the region, has kept the people marginalised and
impoverished. In this opportunity-vacuum, tribesmen have been left to their
own devices, vulnerable to exploitation at the hands of criminal and
extremist elements from within and outside. Decision makers can, however,
no longer afford to remain indifferent to the development of the area. An
integrated and sustainable development strategy is badly needed to put
FATA on the path to peace and prosperity along with the rest of the
country.
M. Maqbool Khan Wazir. (2011) Geopolitics of Fata After 9/11 , IPRI Journal, Volume-11, Issue-1.
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